Abstract:
Although wudhu is traditionally recognized for its spiritual purity, its
empirical viability as a structured psychological intervention for anger control
remains largely understudied. This research bridges this gap by investigating
how this ritual practice functions as an effective emotional regulation tool.
This study aimed to examine whether performing wudhu significantly reduces
anger levels among university student. Additionally, there is a second
objective, which is to obtain an overview of the decrease in anger that occurs
in students. The design used is an experiment with a one-group pretest
posttest design. The sampling method used purposive sampling, which has
specific characteristics. The sample criteria were students aged 19-21 years,
five female, with anger emotions that were difficult to control based on the
results of screening interviews, and willing to participate in the training until
completion. The intervention was conducted across three distinct meetings
with a structured timeline for each session, spanning from morning to
afternoon schedules. This study involved five subjects who participated in the
entire psychological intervention and evaluation process. The measuring
instrument used was an anger emotion scale created by Diwanti (2022) with
a Cronbach's Alpha of 0.928. Additionally, there was qualitative data
processing in the form of observation of the implementation and subjects.
Quantitative data analysis used a paired sample t-test, which produced a
significance value of 0.005 (p < 0.05). Both quantitative and qualitative data
processing showed a significant difference in the level of anger before and
after the implementation of wudhu.
