Coping strategies minimize the tendency of post-power syndrome to civil servants before retirement

• Firdausy Asmi Ramadhani, Hamidah Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

Abstract

The aim of this research is to discover the correlation between coping strategies (emotion focused coping and problem focused coping) and the tendency of post-power syndrome experienced by civil servants before retirement. The respondents of this research were 41 civil servants before 1 to 2 years retirement. The data was collected by using questionnaire. The result showed that there was a significant negative correlation between coping strategies and the tendency of post-power syndrome, with a correlation coefficient of -0,471 and a significant value of 0,002 towards problem focused coping; and emotion focused coping showed a correlation coefficient of -0,335.