Emotional Vulnerability Pada Volunteer Komunitas Tarbiyatul Ummah (Kayama): Analisis Peran Regulasi Emosi Modern Dan Pendekatan Spiritual Islami

Abstract

This study explores the lived experience structures of emotional vulnerability among female volunteers in the Tarbiyatul Ummah Community (KAYAMA). The core problem of this research is rooted in the high psychological burden induced by multiple role conflicts (domestic, professional, and dawah/da'wah), which trigger cognitive decompensation, neurotic anxiety, and the risk of mental burnout. The failure of conventional emotion regulation strategies, such as expressive suppression, frequently backfires, thereby exacerbating the volunteers' somatic burden. Consequently, this study aims to unveil the essence of the participants' experiences in managing this vulnerability through an analysis of the integrative roles of modern emotion regulation and Islamic spiritual approaches. A qualitative method utilizing Amedeo Giorgi’s Descriptive Phenomenological approach was employed. The participants consisted of four active female volunteers with a minimum of one year of service. Data were gathered through non-directive in-depth interviews and field notes, and subsequently analyzed through four systematic stages: apprehending the global sense of the text, establishing meaning units, transforming into psychological language, and synthesizing the essential structure. Bracketing (epoche) procedures were stringently implemented to safeguard the originality of the findings from the researcher's theoretical biases. The findings summarize four primary thematic clusters: (1) dual spatial distress, wherein the domestic domain triggers ego-depletion while the community functions as a restorative inner sanctuary; (2) somato-psychic reactivity as a physical manifestation of role strain; (3) cognitive-regulative transformation, where modern emotion management blends with Islamic spiritual mechanisms through the cultivation of "70 excuses" (70 udzur), muhasabah (introspection) of intent, and the logic of "hereafter accounting"; and (4) the attainment of theocentric ego-death and radical agency transposition that restores existential vitality into inner tranquility (thuma'ninah). This study concludes that the Islamic spiritual approach operates as an active, effective cognitive-spiritual emotion regulation strategy in fostering theocentric resilience among humanitarian workers.