Year: 2023
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Students are the future of a country, students are required to be able to achieve in order to benefit the homeland and the nation. However, students need to adapt to situations that are constantly changing, especially in the new normal era which creates pressure in academics. Social support from the student environment is needed to be able to help reduce the academic stress of the students themselves. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between social support and academic stress. This study uses a quantitative approach with correlational methods. The sample criteria are students from the Faculty of Psychology at Universities in Central Java. The number of samples used was 152 subjects which were part of the population obtained. The research instrument uses a social support scale and an academic stress scale. Data analysis technique in this research used pearson analysis. Based on the results of the research hypothesis test, it was found that the Pearson correlation was -0.533 and a significance of 0.000. so that there is a significant negative relationship between social support and student academic stress. The greater the social support, the lower the academic stress and vice versa. Effective contribution of 28.4%. Social support with high categorization, while academic stress has moderate categorization.
Authors: Maulana, Maghriza Irvan, -, Rini Lestari, S.Psi., M.Si., Psikolog
Language: English
Topic: Student Stress and Coping
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7001004253