Kecerdasan Sosial sebagai Kekuatan Karakter dan Kesepian pada Siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama: Tinjauan Naratif dalam Perspektif Psikologi Positif
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https://doi.org/10.58230/rdrt5v23Keywords:
kecerdasan sosial, kesepian, kekuatan karakter, psikologi positif, siswa SMPAbstract
Kesepian merupakan pengalaman psikologis yang cukup umum pada remaja awal dan berkaitan dengan kesehatan mental serta kualitas relasi sosial. Telaah ini bertujuan menyintesis temuan penelitian mengenai keterkaitan kecerdasan sosial (social intelligence), sebagai salah satu kekuatan karakter dalam psikologi positif, dengan kesepian pada remaja serta menilai relevansinya bagi siswa sekolah menengah pertama (SMP). Tinjauan naratif dilakukan terhadap artikel ilmiah dari Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, dan Scopus yang terbit pada 2021–2026 dengan kata kunci social intelligence, loneliness, adolescent loneliness, character strengths, dan positive psychology. Enam studi empiris utama disintesis dan dikelompokkan menjadi bukti langsung, bukti tidak langsung, dan bukti pengukuran. Hasil telaah menunjukkan bahwa kecerdasan sosial berasosiasi dengan kesepian, tetapi hubungan tersebut tidak sederhana. Kecerdasan sosial yang tinggi dapat tetap disertai kesepian yang tinggi ketika kesempatan berinteraksi terbatas, dan sebagian mekanisme yang diusulkan berasal dari konstruk kecerdasan emosional. Tidak ada studi dalam korpus telaah yang secara langsung menguji hubungan tersebut pada siswa SMP. Oleh karena itu, kecerdasan sosial lebih tepat dipandang sebagai sumber daya protektif potensial daripada penentu tunggal kesepian. Secara praktis, penguatan kecerdasan sosial dapat dipertimbangkan sebagai salah satu arah layanan bimbingan dan konseling berbasis psikologi positif, meskipun efektivitasnya belum diuji. Keterbatasan telaah meliputi jumlah studi yang sedikit, keragaman populasi, dan belum adanya penilaian kualitas studi secara formal.
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