摘要：Key Word : stress, coping, career, widow, women, early retiredmentABSTRACT :Early retirement may be due to the employee's own choice, but it may be apolicy from a company associated with the deficiency employee concerned todemonstrate the expected performance by the company, such as the employee issick so that can no longer perform his duties well and maximal . If the latterhappens, of course, can be a big problem, especially for employees who widowespecially if the employee still has dependents. In the absence of more revenuethey can trigger stress. Their way of coping with stress very variety, this is whatis called the coping. Objectives to be achieved in this research is to know indepth the sources of stress experienced by carrier women who retired widowearly, to know in depth picture of the stress on the widow woman who wasretired early, and to know in depth on stress coping widow career women whoretired early. Type of approach used in this research is a case study. Subjects inthis study only one person is a career woman who left widow since the death ofher husband retired early with the age ranging from 45 years and still have adependent. In this study, researchers using the method of non-formal directobservation and interviews with general guidelines. From the results of thisstudy can be concluded that at the beginning - the beginning of the subject wasretired early in 2005 subject having symptoms of stress because of the subjectretired no longer have the income. With the changing financial conditions in thesubject automatically provides a great change impacts on the subject's life. Thevisible physical symptoms of the subject is decreased appetite, constipation,always anxious, tend to silence, which is constant fatigue, tendency to sweat on- again, headaches, silent, and high blood pressure. Cognitive symptoms shownby the decreasing concentration of the subject is (difficult to concentrate onsomething), and decreased memory function. While the emotional and mentalsymptoms that appear from the subject is the emergence of depression andfeelings of helplessness, personality change, a sense of constant anger towardothers. Behavioral symptoms that appear from the subject of a decreased level ofbody energy, and increased cynicism toward others. When a new subject wasretired, the subject of using coping strategies which the subject tried to obtaininformation or social support from others only after analyzing the situation wassubject to obtain solutions that are needed and then take direct action or toresolve the issue. On the basis of advice given by a friend of this subject nowtrying to create a positive sense of a situation, with the goal of achievingpersonal growth, which is sometimes associated with it - it is religious in natureor more closer to god Almighty. Sometimes also to avoid the problemsexperienced while watching TV subject, if the problems encountered tend to bemore serious subjects usually prefer to sleep.
