GAMBARAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN MAHASISWA PERANTAUAN SEMESTER AWAL FAKULTAS KEDOKTERAN UNIVERSITAS DIPONEGORO

Abstract

Description of the anxiety level of overseas students in the early semester of the Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University Semarang. xiii + 101 Pages + 5 Tables + 2 Pictures + 12 Attachments The overseas students of the Faculty of Medicine of Diponegoro University come from various regions where the conditions of customs, language and environment are different. These differences can be a risk of being a stressor for students, causing anxiety. Anxiety is an unpleasant feeling as the body's pathological response to the anticipation of an unreal danger. This study aims to determine the level of anxiety of overseas students of the Semester Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, which was obtained with a total sampling technique.The sample in this study were 96 overseas students in the first semester. Data collection uses the Indonesian version of the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (ZSRAS) questionnaire. Data were analyzed using frequency distribution. The results showed that the majority of respondents were not worried, as many as 89 respondents (92.7%), and as many as 6 respondents (6.1%) experienced mild anxiety. The conclusion of this study is that there are still a number of overseas students of the Faculty of Medicine in the early semester. It is hoped that there is a special program from the Educational Institution or University to reduce student anxiety. Keywords: Anxiety, Early Semester, Overseas Students References: 63 (1980-2018)