URGENSI PENGUNGKAPAN DIRI ORANG DENGAN HIV TERHADAP LINGKUNGAN SOSIAL DI DEPOK

Abstract

Self-disclosure is defined as a person's ability to disclose information

about oneself to others. HIV-AIDS cases are growing very fast around the world,

as seen from the large number of people who have been infected by the virus.

This study aims to obtain a detailed description of self-disclosure with the

dimensions of: 1) Intention, 2) Frequency, 3) Positive-Negative, 4) Depth, and

5) Honesty. The method used is a qualitative method with a descriptive research

type. Data collection techniques used were in-depth interviews, observation,

and documentation studies. Informant selection techniques in this study using

purposive. Checking the validity of the data uses credibility (persistence,

triangulation, and reference materials), dependability, and confirmability tests.

The results showed that out of 4 informants, only 1 informant had fully disclosed

himself to the social environment, namely family, social friends, and the

community. One of the informant factors revealed their social environment

because the informant was an activist working in the field of HIV, so the

informant felt he had a responsibility to disclose himself to his social

environment. Meanwhile, 3 other informants revealed themselves only to peers

and support groups. This was because the three informants were worried that

if they revealed themselves they would be discriminated against by their social

environment. Based on these results, a program was proposed which was

named Training on skills for PLHIV in expressing themselves to their social

environment in Kuldesak, Depok City. The aim of this program is to provide

knowledge and skills to PLHIV, so that PLHIV can convey information about

their positive status to the social environment. Meanwhile, recommendations

related to further research to support future research, namely in order to be

able to dig deeper about disclosing the status of PLHIV to the social

environment by using dimensions other than what the researchers have done.