Psychological Distress of Vocational Students Who Carry Out Learning From Home in Kota Jambi During the Pandemic Covid-19

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10.2991/assehr.k.220404.219How to use a DOI?

Keywords

psychological distress; vocational student; covid-19

Abstract

Problems that arise in students who carry out the learning process from home are constrained by economic factors such as the costs incurred for participating in online learning which triggers student anxiety. Then the learning task that is considered ineffective triggers student stress. Stress that is not handled properly can lead to depression. The obstacles that arise during the learning process from home produce difficult pressure to trigger psychological distress. Psychological distress is a general concept that refers to emotional suffering associated with stressors and demands that are difficult to overcome in everyday life. This study aims to see the psychological distress of vocational students during the covid 19 pandemic which can be useful as intervention data for practitioners and the school. This type of research is quantitative descriptive using convenience sampling technique method. The statistical technique used is non-parametric. This study was conducted on 274 respondents aged 14-18 years at a state vocational school in Jambi City. The research instrument used the DASS-42 questionnaire which has been adapted into Indonesian. The results showed that the majority of the respondents’ levels of depression were normal depression as many as 183 respondents (66.8%), the respondents ‘ anxiety levels on normal anxiety were 139 respondents (50.7%), the respondents ‘ stress levels on normal stress were 179 respondents (65.3%). The study found that most respondents had average levels of depression, anxiety, and stress that tended to be normal.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Farah Kandita Octavia
AU  - Rostiana Rostiana
AU  - Bianca Marella
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/21
TI  - Psychological Distress of Vocational Students Who Carry Out Learning From Home in Kota Jambi During the Pandemic Covid-19
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1368
EP  - 1373
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220404.219
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220404.219
ID  - Octavia2022
ER  -