Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Mahasiswa merupakan kelompok yang rentan terhadap maladaptive daydreaming akibat berbagai tekanan akademik, sosial, dan kebutuhan psikologis yang tidak terpenuhi. Salah satu faktor yang berkaitan dengan kecenderungan mahasiswa untuk mengalami maladaptive daydreaming adalah attachment. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara attachment dengan maladaptive daydreaming pada mahasiswa menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan desain korelasional. Sebanyak 373 mahasiswa aktif Universitas Syiah Kuala terlibat sebagai sampel penelitian yang dipilih menggunakan teknik convenience sampling. Instrumen penelitian meliputi Revised Adult Attachment Scale (RAAS) yang mengukur tiga dimensi attachment, yaitu close, depend, dan anxiety, serta The Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale-Short Form (MDS-SF5). Data dianalisis menggunakan korelasi Pearson Product Moment. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dimensi close memiliki hubungan negatif yang signifikan dengan maladaptive daydreaming (r = -0.212, p < 0.001), dimensi anxiety memiliki hubungan positif yang signifikan dengan maladaptive daydreaming (r = 0.345, p < 0.001), sedangkan dimensi depend tidak menunjukkan hubungan yang signifikan (r = -0.071, p = 0.173). Temuan ini menegaskan bahwa dimensi attachment, khususnya dimensi close dan anxiety, berperan penting dalam memahami kecenderungan maladaptive daydreaming pada mahasiswa.

University students are a group that is particularly vulnerable to maladaptive daydreaming due to various academic and social pressures, as well as unmet psychological needs. One factor associated with students' tendency toward maladaptive daydreaming is attachment. This study aimed to examine the relationship between attachment and maladaptive daydreaming among university students using a quantitative correlational design. A total of 373 active students at Universitas Syiah Kuala participated as the study sample, selected through convenience sampling. The research instruments included the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (RAAS), which measures three attachment dimensions, close, depend, and anxiety, and The Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale-Short Form (MDS-SF5). Data were analyzed using Pearson Product-Moment correlation. The results showed that the close dimension had a significant negative relationship with maladaptive daydreaming (r = −0.212, p < .001), the anxiety dimension had a significant positive relationship with maladaptive daydreaming (r = 0.345, p < .001), while the depend dimension did not show a significant relationship (r = −0.071, p = .173). These findings confirm that attachment dimensions, particularly close and anxiety dimensions, play an important role in understanding students' tendency toward maladaptive daydreaming.