PENGARUH STRATEGI COPING TERHADAP STRES AKADEMIK PADA MAHASISWA AKHIR DI KOTA MALANG

Students who are in their final semester, some of them tend to experience pressure, especially in their final assignments. This pressure can cause stress which affects students' academic performance. In order to minimize academic stress, final year students must control their coping strategies in order to complete their final assignments. This study aims to determine the effect of coping strategies on academic stress in final students in Malang City. The method in this study uses Non-Probability Sampling and Purposive sampling techniques with two variables, namely Coping Strategies and Academic Stress. The number of subjects in this study was 149 final year student subjects. The analysis technique in this study used the Wilcoxon non-parameteric test. The results of the analysis showed that there was an influence of the PFC strategy on academic stress (Sig. value 0.000 < 0.05), and there was an influence of EFC on academic stress in the final year students in Malang City (Sig. value 0.000 < 0.05).