The Effect of Adversity Intelligence and Academic Stress among Students

Students when facing many assignments from lecturers often experience academic stress. Students who are less able to control themselves and manage learning in doing assignments cause confusion even to stress. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of adversity intelligence on academic stress in college students. This research method uses a type of cross sectional. The population in this study was 186 new master students of the faculty of economics and business, Diponegoro University. The sampling technique in this study was using purposive random sampling technique. Data collection techniques in this study used questionnaires with 32 item the alpha coefficient for each instrument 0,415 – 0,732. The data analysis technique uses simple linear regression analysis. Data analysis with a simple linear regression test showed that there was a significant negative relationship between adversity intelligence and student academic stress. The higher the adversity intelligence, the lower the student's academic stress. Based on the results of the hypothesis using the multiple linear regression test in Table 3 it is known that the t value is -9.128 with a significance of .000. This value indicates that the hypothesis is accepted. It means adversity intelligence negatively and significantly related to academic stress. The effective contribution of adversity intelligence to academic stress was 31.2%. Conclusion, Adversity intelligence has a significant negative relationship with academic stress. The higher it is adversity intelligence, the lower the student's academic stress. On the contrary, lower adversity intelligence the higher the student's academic stress.