Hubungan Grit (Kegigihan) dengan Problem Focused Coping pada Mahasiswa Psikologi Angkatan 2017
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Abstract. Students who are studying at the college level of education can be more susceptible to stress than students who are at the lower level of education. High stress levels can cause students have experiences of depression and prevent students from graduating on time. Therefore, it is important to examine a characteristic that can foster strength in students so that they have obstacles and difficulties in academics. Grit was introduced by Duckworth as a characteristic that can make individuals to keep an effort although they have an experience in many obstacles and difficulties in achieving goals. This study aims to examine the relationship between grit (tenacity) and problem focused coping on psychology students from the 2017 generation at University X in Bandung. Research data is obtained from the s-grit scale (Duckworth Quinn, 2009) and problem focused coping (Lazarus, 1986) are distributed to 115 psychology students who are taking enrichment courses, seminars, and research methodologies. This research uses correlational quantitative method and uses simple random sampling technique. Data analysis uses rank spearman correlation test. The result shows that there is a significant positive correlation between grit and problem focus coping with a correlation coefficient of 0.501. That is, the higher the grit, the higher the problem focus coping.
Keywords: Grit, Problem Focused Coping, College senior year
Abstrak. Mahasiswa yang sedang menempuh perkuliahan di jenjang perguruan tinggi dapat lebih rentan mengalami stres dibandingkan dengan siswa yang berada di jenjang pendidikan di bawahnya. Tingkat stress yang tinggi dapat menyebabkan mahasiswa mengalami depresi dan menghambat mahasiswa untuk bisa lulus tepat waktu. Oleh sebab itu, dirasa penting untuk meneliti sebuah karakteristik yang dapat menumbuhkan kekuatan pada mahasiswa agar mereka bisa menghadapi hambatan dan kesulitan di akademik. Grit diperkenalkan oleh Duckworth sebagai karakteristik yang dapat menjadikan individu untuk terus berusaha meskipun mengalami hambatan dan kesulitan dalam meraih tujuan. Penelitian ini bertujuan melihat hubungan grit (kegigihan) dengan problem focused coping pada mahasiswa psikologi angkatan 2017 di Universitas X di Bandung. Data penelitian diperoleh dari alat ukur s-grit scale (Duckworth & Quinn, 2009) dan alat ukur problem focused coping (Lazarus, 1986) disebarkan kepada 115 mahasiswa psikologi yang sedang menempuh mata kuliah pengayaan, seminar, dan metodologi penelitian. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif korelasional dan menggunakan teknik simple random sampling. Data analisis menggunakan uji korelasi rank spearman. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat korelasi positif yang signifikan antara grit dengan problem focused coping dengan nilai koefisien korelasi sebesar 0,501. Artinya, semakin tinggi grit maka semakin tinggi pula problem focused coping.
Kata Kunci: Grit, Problem Focused Coping, Mahasiswa tingkat akhir
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