Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Mahasiswa mengalami stres akibat tuntutan akademik yang dihadapi selama menjalani perkuliahan. Ketidakmampuan mahasiswa dalam mengahadapi tuntutan tersebut menyebabkan mahasiswa mengalami ketegangan emosi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan regulasi emosi dengan stres akademik pada mahasiswa Universitas Syiah Kuala. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif korelatif dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa Universitas Syiah Kuala, menggunakan teknik cluster random sampling yang berjumlah 250 orang. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan dua kuesioner, yaitu Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) dan Academic Stress Inventory. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa mahasiswa Universitas Syiah Kualan memiliki regulasi emosi yang baik dengan rata-rata skor regulasi emosi 53,69 (SD = 9,738) dan mahasiswa Universitas Syiah Kuala Mengalami stres selama menjalani perkuliahan dengan rata-rata skor stres akademik 94,49 (SD = 11,215). Data dianalisa menggunakan uji korelasi pearson product moment, sehingga diperoleh r = -0,509 (p = 0,00) yang menunjukkan bahwa terdapat korelasi antara regulasi emosi dengan stres akademik pada mahasiswa Universitas Syiah Kuala. Direkomendasikan kepada mahasiswa agar dapat mengontrol emosi dengan baik selama menghadapi situasi yang penuh dengan stres sehingga dapat meminimalkan terjadinya stres akademik.

University students are suffering from the stress due to academic requirements they face during their studies. The inability of students to deal with these requirements causes students to experience emotional strain. The purpose of this research is to understand the relationship between emotional regulation and academic stress on students at Universitas Syiah Kuala. This research used the correlative descriptive method with a cross-sectional approach. The population in this research is 250 students at Universitas Syiah Kuala who were selected using cluster random sampling. The data collection technique used was 2 questionnaires, which are the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) and Academic Stress Inventory. The result shows that the students at Universitas Syiah Kuala were having good emotional regulation with an average score of emotional regulation of 53.69 (SD = 9.738) and students at Universitas Syiah Kuala suffered from the stress during the study with an average score of academic stress of 94.49 (SD = 11.215). The data were analyzed using the Pearson Product-Moment correlation test and with the result of r = -0.509 (p = 0.00) which shows that there is a correlation between emotional regulation and academic stress on students at Universitas Syiah Kuala. The students are recommended to control their emotions well when facing stressful situations so they can minimalize the occurrence of academic stress.