Abstract:
There are cities/districts in West Java which have high number of human
trafficking cases. Human trafficking victims experienced psychological distress due to
violence they have experienced. The aim of this research is to describe resilience on human
trafficking by using theory from Michael Ungar. This research used descriptive method
with purposive sampling technique. Samples taken are 33 women, age 15-23 years old,
mostly graduated from junior high school (16 persons = 49%). Data was collected using
resilience questionnaire CYRM-28 which created by Michael Ungar. Research findings
showed 69.7% of victims have high resilience. In socio-ecological dimension, which is
relationship with caregiver (mean = 3.96) and context/sense of belonging (mean = 3.96)
have higher mean compare to individual dimension (mean = 3.79). In socio-ecological
dimension, psychological caregiving (mean = 4.15) and spiritual (mean = 4.10) are two
important indicators which help individuals to become resilient. In individual dimension,
personal skill (mean = 3.85) is the important indicator which must be owned by individuals
to become resilient.