Chromotherapy: an alternative treatment for mathematics anxiety among elementary students
I Ifdil 1, R P Fadli 1, N Zola 2, L Erwinda 2, A Sari 2, E Churnia 2, I B Rangka 3, S Solihatun 3, K Suranata 4, K Bariyyah 5, Z Ardi 1, A Afdal 1, R Refnadi 1, Z Zufriani 6, N Nikmarijal 7, D Dahlan 8, L Fitria 9, M Barseli 9

1 Universitas Negeri Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia
2 Indonesian Institute for Counseling, Education and Therapy, West Sumatera, Indonesia
3 Universitas Indraprasta PGRI, Jakarta, Indonesia
4 Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Bali, Indonesia
5 Universitas Kanjuruhan Malang, East Java, Indonesia
6 Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kerinci, Jambi, Indonesia
7 Institut Agama Islam Negeri Syaikh Abdurrahman Sidik Bangka Belitung, South Sumatera, Indonesia
8 UIN Sultan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi, Jambi , Indonesia
9 Universitas Putra Indonesia YPTK Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia

Abstract

Mathematics is often a frightening subject for students. Such conditions are caused by a stressful learning atmosphere, mathematics subjects that create anxiety. Anxiety experienced by students in learning mathematics has the potential to cause depression conditions on the mathematics. Based on this, a chromotherapy treatment was used to reduce the anxiety of elementary school students to mathematics. Chromotherapy is a treatment designed with the foundation that any color contains healing energy. The effect of color affects the work of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves and improves mood. Chromotherapy provides an element of relaxation, which from various studies found to reduce anxiety in individuals. This research uses single-subject design to five students of elementary school with high anxiety. Instruments used Mini Mathematic Anxiety Scale (MMAS) and observation. The results show that chromotherapy provides relaxation and reduces anxiety among students. Based on such things this therapy can be one alternative treatment in helping elementary school students cope with anxiety to the subjects of mathematics.

Keywords: chromotherapy, mathematics, anxiety, elementary students

Topic: 1. Mathematics Education