Pengaruh Relaksasi Butterfly Hug Terhadap Stres Mahasiswa Pada Peralihan Pembelajaran Tatap Muka di Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Sumatera Utara

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to observe whether the activity of butterfly hug relaxation could be a coping stress strategy that affects the stress of Psychology Faculty, Universitas Sumatera Utara students during the transition to face-to-face learning. The participants of this study are active students from Psychology Faculty. The sampling technique used was incidental sampling, so that 8 students who met the research requirements were found. This research uses an experimental method with One group pretest-posttest design. The treatment that has been given to this study was butterfly hug relaxation and done for three days in a row. The measuring instrument used to measure stress in this study is the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), which consists of 10 items. Data that have been obtained previously were analyzed by using the Wilcoxon test. The results of this research indicate that there is an effect of butterfly hug relaxation on reducing stress levels with P=0.020 (P<0.05). The butterfly hug relaxation treatment which has been given has a substantial and significant effect on reducing student stress levels with an value of 67.56%.