Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Career anxiety merupakan salah satu permasalahan yang umum dialami oleh mahasiswa akhir yang sedang berada pada masa transisi dari dunia pendidikan menuju dunia kerja. Ketidakpastian mengenai masa depan karier, persaingan dunia kerja, serta tuntutan untuk segera memperoleh pekerjaan dapat menimbulkan kecemasan karier. Salah satu faktor yang diduga berhubungan dengan career anxiety adalah parental career related behavior, yaitu perilaku orang tua yang berkaitan dengan perkembangan karier anak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara Parental Career Related Behavior dan career anxiety pada mahasiswa akhir di Banda Aceh. Metode penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan desain korelasional. Sebanyak 390 mahasiswa akhir berpartisipasi sebagai responden melalui teknik multistage cluster sampling dan disproportionate stratified random sampling. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah Career Anxiety Scale (CAS) yang dikembangkan oleh Tsai et al. (2017) dan Parental Career Related Behavior Scale (PCB) yang dikembangkan oleh Dietrich dan Kracke (2009), yang mengukur tiga dimensi parental career related behavior, yaitu support, interference, dan lack of engagement. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa parental support memiliki hubungan positif yang signifikan dengan career anxiety (r = 0,156; p = 0,002), parental interference memiliki hubungan positif yang signifikan dengan career anxiety (r = 0,374; p < 0,001), dan lack of engagement memiliki hubungan positif yang signifikan dengan career anxiety (r = 0,438; p < 0,001). Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa seluruh dimensi Parental Career Related Behavior berhubungan dengan career anxiety, dengan dimensi lack of engagement memiliki hubungan paling kuat. Temuan ini mengindikasikan bahwa kurangnya keterlibatan orang tua dan campur tangan yang berlebihan lebih berhubungan dengan meningkatnya kecemasan karier mahasiswa dibandingkan dukungan orang tua.

Kata kunci: Career Anxiety, Mahasiswa Akhir, Parental Career Related Behavior.

Career anxiety is a common issue experienced by final-year university students who are transitioning from higher education to the workforce. Uncertainty about future careers, competition in the labor market, and pressure to secure employment may contribute to career anxiety. One factor presumed to be associated with career anxiety is parental career related behavior, which refers to parents' behaviors related to their children's career development. This study aimed to examine the relationship between Parental Career Related Behavior and career anxiety among final year university students in Banda Aceh. This study employed a quantitative approach with a correlational research design. A total of 390 final-year students participated as respondents through multistage cluster sampling and disproportionate stratified random sampling techniques. The instruments used were the Career Anxiety Scale (CAS) developed by Tsai et al. (2017) and the Parental Career Related Behavior Scale (PCB) developed by Dietrich and Kracke (2009), which measures three dimensions of parental career related behavior: support, interference, and lack of engagement. The results indicated that parental support was positively and significantly associated with career anxiety (r = .156, p = .002), parental interference was positively and significantly associated with career anxiety (r = .374, p < .001), and lack of engagement was positively and significantly associated with career anxiety (r = .438, p < .001). The findings demonstrate that all dimensions of Parental Career Related Behavior are related to career anxiety, with lack of engagement showing the strongest relationship. These findings suggest that insufficient parental involvement and excessive parental interference are more strongly associated with increased career anxiety among university students than parental support. Keywords: career anxiety, final year university students, parental career related behavior.