Hubungan College Adjustment dengan Stres Akademik Mahasiswa Tahun Pertama Fakultas Kedokteran

Abstract. First-year students experience a transitional period in adapting to complex learning systems and academic and social demands in higher education. This study aims to examine the relationship between college adjustment and academic stress among first-year students of the Faculty of Medicine at Universitas Islam Bandung. A quantitative correlational method was used with 175 students selected through simple random sampling. Data were collected using the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ), adapted from Baker and Siryk(1984) by Nuha et al. (2024), and the Student-Life Stress Inventory (SLSI), adapted from Gadzella and Masten (2005) by Pragholapati et al. (2021). Data analysis employed the Spearman’s Rho correlation test. The results showed that most students had low college adjustment and high academic stress. A significant negative correlation was found between college adjustment and academic stress across all aspects: Academic Adjustment (r = -.401, p = .000), Social Adjustment (r = -.306, p = .000), Personal-Emotional Adjustment (r = -.243, p = .001), and Institutional Attachment (r = -.212, p = .005). These findings suggest that the lower the level of college adjustment, the higher the academic stress experienced by students. Abstrak. Mahasiswa tahun pertama menghadapi masa transisi dalam beradaptasi dengansistem pembelajaran yang kompleks serta tuntutan akademik dan sosial di perguruan tinggi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan antara college adjustment dan stresakademik pada mahasiswa tahun pertama Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Islam Bandung. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu pendekatan kuantitatif dengan desain korelasional. Metode pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner. Alat ukur yang digunakan yaitu StudentAdaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) berdasarkan teori Baker dan Siryk, (1984) yang diadaptasi oleh Nuha et al. (2024) dan Student-Life Stress Inventory (SLSI) berdasarkan teori Gadzella dan Masten, (2005) yang diadaptasi oleh Pragholapati et al. (2021). Teknik samplingdalam penelitian  ini  yaitu simple random sampling dengan sampel sebanyak 175 responden.Analisis data dilakukan dengan teknik uji korelasi Rho Spearman. Hasil penelitianmenunjukkan mayoritas mahasiswa memiliki tingkat college adjustment rendah dan tingkatstres akademik tinggi. Terdapat hubungan negatif signifikan antara aspek College Adjustmentdan Stres Akademik, dengan koefisien korelasi pada aspek Academic Adjustment, r = -.401 (p = .000); Social Adjustment, r = -.306 (p = .000); Personal-Emotional Adjustment, r = -.243 (p = .001); dan Institutional Attachment, r = -.212 (p = .005). Dengan demikian semakin rendahtingkat college adjustment, maka semakin tinggi tingkat stres akademik.