Adversity Quotient and Academic Stress among Final-Year Undergraduate Students at Prima Indonesia University

Abstrak

The thesis-writing process is one of the academic stages that often causes stress among students due to the various demands and obstacles encountered during its completion. Students’ ability to cope with difficulties is presumed to be related to the level of academic stress they experience. This study aimed to examine the relationship between adversity quotient and academic stress among students who were writing their thesis at the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Prima Indonesia. The research hypothesis stated that there is a negative relationship between adversity quotient and academic stress. This study employed a quantitative approach with a correlational design. The sample consisted of 210 students selected from a population of 460 students who were in the process of completing their thesis. Data were collected using an Academic Stress Scale and an Adversity quotient Scale that met the criteria of validity and reliability. The results revealed a significant negative relationship between adversity quotient and academic stress, with a correlation coefficient of -0.527 and a significance value below 0.05. Adversity quotient contributed 27.8% to academic stress. These findings indicate that higher levels of adversity quotient are associated with lower levels of academic stress, highlighting the importance of developing adversity quotient to help students cope with academic pressures during the thesis-writing process.

Kata kunci

• Skripsi
• Thesis
• academic stress
• adversity quotient
• mahasiswa
• stres akademik
• students