Open AccessLevel of Academic Stress for Students of Guidance and Counseling at Semarang State University during the Pandemic
Author(s) -
Tivanny Octasya,
Eem Munawaroh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
progcouns
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2722-6581
pISSN - 2722-2012
DOI - 10.21831/progcouns.v2i1.40275
Subject(s) - nonprobability sampling , psychology , stress (linguistics) , pandemic , perception , covid-19 , affect (linguistics) , medical education , academic year , clinical psychology , mathematics education , medicine , disease , population , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health , communication , pathology , neuroscience , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Academic stress is a subjective perception of an academic condition or a response experienced by students in the form of negative physical reactions, behaviors, thoughts, and emotions that arise due to school or academic demands. During a pandemic Covid 19 most of earning activities becomes online. The aim of this research is to determine the level of academic stress among students in Guidance and Counseling Department, Semarang State University during the pandemic. The method used is descriptive qualitative research. This research conducted interviews to collect data by using purposive sampling. The results show that students experience symptoms of academic stress symptoms that affect their physical, emotional, behavioral, and thoughts as well as several factors that influence academic stress both in themselves (internally) and in the environment and circumstances (externally). The conclusion of this study is the respondents' stress level is quite high or increases when they get assignments from the lecturers. Keywords: college students, academic stress, pandemic