Pustaka Ilmiah Universitas Padjadjaran

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Studi Mengenai Psychological Well Being Pada Model Wanita Di Kota Bandung

Researcher has always considered creativity an interesting topic to discuss about, especially now that the world has become so evolving through the existence of the creative industry. In Indonesia, the country of which the researcher lives, creative industry has rapidly grown since several years ago. One of the most prominent creative industries that researcher finds interesting is fashion industry, which has been blossoming throughout these years in many cities in Indonesia. Bandung, which is known as the center of mode of Indonesia, serves as the most suitable city to look up to whenever people talk about fashion. This is the reason why researcher has made Bandung as the one of the variables for this research. In fashion industry, it is very common that the designers have to hire models in order to help them present their works to public. The models are to hold an important responsibility, which is to be a part of the representation of the creativity of the designers. Consequently, there are some impacts on their psychological aspects, be either positive or negative, following their occupation and the circumstance. Being interested in those ideas, researcher feels the urge to find out the condition of the psychological well being of some female fashion models in Bandung. Researcher has decided to use the quantitative method of research as well as the descriptive method towards 52 (fifty two) female fashion models in Bandung. The data of this research have been obtained through the questionairre of psychological well being of Carol D. Ryff which consists of 36 (thirty six) items. The result of this research shows that the psychological well being of female fashion models in Bandung is on the high level in some aspects, including the environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relation with others, purpose in life, and self acceptance; and on medium level in the aspect of autonomy. In conclusion, most of the female fashion models in Bandung have reached an optimal psychological well being.