Relationship of coping strategies with resilience, self-efficiency, and anxiety in the new normal period of the covid-19 pandemic on Teenagers In Kupang City

Background : The COVID-19 pandemic has caused everyone to feel anxious. The government has made several preventive strategies to inhibit the spread of the virus through social distancing, physical distancing, and the stay at home order which lead to the decreasing access to family, friends, and other social support systems and causing loneliness and increasing psychological problems such as anxiety and depression. Thus, everyone, especially teenagers,


INTRODUCTION
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern or a public health emergency that was troubling the world on January 30, 2020. Meanwhile, Indonesia announced a confirmed patient case on March 2, 2021 and there has been no discovery of drugs and vaccines up to the present. Several strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 such as social distancing, physical distancing, and the stay at home order causes issues like reducing access to family members, friends, and other social support systems which lead to loneliness that increase psychological problems such as anxiety and depression (1). Therefore, all people, especially teenagers, are expected to be able to adapt to the new habit (the new normal) in healthy and clean-living behaviour.
are expected to be able to adapt to the new habits (the new normal) in carrying out healthy and clean-living behaviour. Those who are prone to COVID-19 gradually develop adaptive and functional skills and competencies, and build a self-identity that can prepare themselves to carry out their roles and respond to societal expectations as they mature, which can also be regarded as a period of storms and stress. Objectives: Is to identify the relationship of coping strategies with resilience and anxiety in the transition to the new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic on teenagers in Kupang City. Methods: The research design used in this study was cross-sectional. The sample in this study was 147 measured using the inclusion and exclusion criteria that had been set. Meanwhile, the inclusion criteria in this study were as follows: domiciled in Kupang City, have stayed in Kupang for more than 3 years, aged over 15-19, and  have some characteristics such as get together with their peers and enjoy hanging out with their friends, so that it become a threat for them (2).
Those who tend to be vulnerable to COVID-19 gradually develop adaptive and functional skills and competencies, and build a self-identity to prepare for their roles and to respond to societal expectations as they mature, which is also known as a time of storm and stress (3). Teenagers as the golden generation were placed at the forefront to save the nation and must move forward towards a new normal life during the COVID-19 pandemic; for this purpose, adaptation is needed so that coping strategies are essential for teenagers (4).
Individuals of all ages can experience stress and will use various ways to relieve the stress they are experiencing. The physical and emotional tension that accompanies stress can cause discomforts. These discomforts lead the individuals to do something to reduce or eliminate the stress. This effort is called as coping (5).
Anxiety is an individual response to an unpleasant situation and is experienced by all living things. It is a condition characterized by worry accompanied by somatic symptoms that indicate an excessive activity (6).
Resilience is a complex interactive process involving various characteristics of individuals, families, and the wider community environment.
Resilience describes an individual's ability to respond to adversity or trauma that faced in healthy and productive ways (7).

MATERIALS AND METHODS
This research is a quantitative type of research employing a cross sectional approach.
The target population of this study were teenagers in Kupang City, while the accessible population were seventh grade junior high school students in the entire Kupang City. 147 students were used as samples. The research was conducted from April 2-July 31, 2021.
The sample criteria were divided into two types, namely inclusion and exclusion criteria. The inclusion criteria in this study were described as follows: domiciled in Kupang City, aged 13-15, class VII students. Meanwhile, the exclusion criteria were described as follows: were not willing to be a respondent, have       Those anxieties occur in teenagers because it's the age when they are still unstable to deal with unexpected conditions. Their emotional condition will be easily shaken, such as excessive anxiety, fear of contracting this virus and so on (19).

CONCLUSION AND RECOMENDATION
This research provides benefits, especially related to resilience, self-efficacy and also anxiety in adolescents in Kupang City during this new normal period. The community can develop strategies to deal with resilience and anxiety during this new normal. Health services, especially for adolescents, also need to be improved, especially health education. Some teenagers who still have low resilience and high anxiety should be given health information in the form of counseling about the new normal era.