The effect of tahajud prayer history on attention post-acute stress exposure

Proceedings of Neurology 2021&Cognitive Neuroscience 2021&Child Psychology 2021

February 22-23, 2021 | Webinar

Elang Jordan Ibrahim

Medical Faculty of Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Neurol Disord

Abstract :

Stress is an inability of the body to balance between physical and psychological demands and the capability to fulfill them. Attention is a way for individual to process some information in limited number that is obtained through cognitive process. Tahajud as one of Islamic prayer can grow positive perception and motivation that can avoid stress reaction and increase attention. This study aims to determine the effect of Tahajud on attention post-acute stress exposure. The retrospective study was conducted with pre – post-test control group design. The subjects were 38 students, divided into 2 groups (19 students per group), such as the control group that did not pray Tahajud routinely (KK) and the treatment group that prayed Tahajud routinely (KP). Numerical variables of attention function, which are alerting, orienting, and executive control, were analyzed using independent T-test and paired T-test. Independent T-test results obtained alerting significance (p=0,008) between KK post-test and KP post-test, orienting and executive control no significance (p>0,05) between KK and KP. Paired T-test results obtained alerting significance (p=0,000) between KK pretest and KK post-test, orienting and executive control no significance (p>0,05) between KK pretest and KK post-test, and all attention function no significance (p>0,05) between KP pretest and KP post-test. It concluded that Tahajud prayer has no effect on attention post-acute stress exposure.