Strategi Coping pada Perempuan Korban Pelecehan Seksual di Perguruan Tinggi Sulawesi Selatan

Abstract

This study aims to identify and explain the forms of coping strategies used by female students who were victims of sexual harassment at a university in South Sulawesi, analyze the process of their implementation, and assess their impact on the victims' mental health. This study used a qualitative approach with a case study design on four female students who were victims of sexual harassment. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews and analyzed thematically using ATLAS.ti based on the Transactional Stress Model and religious coping theory. The results revealed three main forms of coping strategies: emotion-focused coping, problem-focused coping, and religious coping. These findings indicate that coping strategies are dynamic according to the emotional state, social support, and spiritual experience of the victim. Emotion-focused coping is dominant in the early phase of trauma, while problem-focused coping and religious coping develop with increasing social support and the process of self-meaning. This study provides a conceptual contribution to the integration of psychological and religious coping in the context of a religious campus, and offers practical implications for the development of trauma-informed care-based mentoring that is sensitive to the psychological and spiritual dimensions of victims.