Pengaruh Meditasi Kesadaran (Mindfulness Meditation) dengan Metode Pendekatan Cognitive Trancendence Strategies terhadap Perubahan Perilaku Merokok

Mindfulness meditation combined with Cognitive Transcendence Strategies (CTS) reduces smoking behavior. Nicotine dependence, driven by dopamine release, makes quitting difficult, and consciousness—regulated by the brain's ascending reticular activating system—plays a key role in behavior change. CTS focuses on cognitive and spiritual abilities to enhance willpower, resilience, and self-control, while mindfulness meditation aims to eliminate self-ego for a conscious lifestyle. In a quasi-experimental study with 40 participants, the intervention showed an effect on smoking behavior.

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Abstract

Abstrak: Smoking behavior is still a health problem in Indonesia. Nicotine dependence which stimulates the release of dopamine in the brain is the reason it is difficult to quit smoking. The awareness factor plays an important role in behavior change. Consciousness is the result of the work of the ascending reticular activating system of the brain. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to change and repair brain structures and tissues. Cognitive Transcendence Strategies (CTS) is a strategy that focuses on cognitive and spiritual abilities to optimize willpower, resilience and self-control. Mindfulness meditation aims to eliminate self-ego so that a conscious lifestyle is obtained. This study aims to determine the effect of mindfulness meditation with the CTS approach method on smoking behavior. This study is a quantitative experimental Quasi Experimental Nonequivalent Control Design Group of two groups and calculates the difference in the mean values in each group. The number of research subjects was 40 respondents. The results of this study indicate that Mindfulness Meditation with the CTS approach has an effect on smoking behavior.Keywords: Mindfulness Meditation; CTS; Smoking BehaviorAbstrak: Perilaku merokok masih menjadi masalah kesehatan di Indonesia. Ketergantungan nikotin yang menstimulus pelepasan dopamin dalam otak menjadi alasan sulitnya berhenti merokok. Faktor kesadaran berperan penting dalam perubahan perilaku. Kesadaran merupakan hasil kerja bagian otak Ascending reticular activating system. Neuroplastisitas adalah kemampuan otak untuk mengubah dan memperbaiki struktur dan jaringan otak. Cognitive Transcendence Strategies (CTS) merupakan strategi yang berpusat pada kemampuan kognitif dan spiritual untuk mengoptimalkan willpower, resilience dan self control. Meditasi kesadaran bertujuan untuk menghilangkan ego diri sehingga didapatkan pola hidup yang penuh kesadaran. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh meditasi kesadaran dengan metode pendekatan CTS terhadap perilaku merokok. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif eksperimental Quasi Experimental Nonequivalent Control Desain Group dari dua kelompok dan menghitung perbedaan nilai mean pada masing-masing kelompok. Jumlah subjek penelitian 40 responden. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Meditasi Kesadaran dengan metode pendekatan CTS berpengaruh terhadap perilaku merokok.Kata Kunci: Meditasi Kesadaran; CTS; Perilaku Merokok