Karena Masa Depan Sungguh Ada, dan Harapanmu Tidak Akan Hilang

Abstract

The conditions experienced by teenagers living in orphanages, such as the absence of parents and economic limitations can make teenagers have a higher possibility of feeling unhappy. This research aims to find how teenagers describe their sense of happiness and to obtain the dominant factors that shape the happiness of teenagers living in orphanages who have a background of economic limitations. The research method used is a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. Data collection techniques used interviews, observation, and documentation on orphanage teenagers. Based on the results of data analysis, orphanage teenagers can also feel happiness. The meaning of happiness for teenagers is related to having lots of friends, doing activities together, and fulfilling primary and secondary needs well. The dominant factors that shape orphanage teenagers' happiness are the presence of other people such as peers (older or younger siblings in the orphanage), adequate education, material adequacy, and activities with people around them. This research can used to maintaining or enhance the happiness of foster children in orphanages. Additionally, it contribute to the field of psychology, particularly in understanding of the concept of happiness and the factor shaping the happiness of teenagers living in orphanages.