Hubungan Antara Binge watching engagement dengan Stres Akademik Mahasiswa

Abstract

Academic stress according to Gadzella & Masten (2005) is a person’s perception of academic stressors and how they react to academic stressors which consist of physical, emotional, behavioral and cognitive reactions to these stressors. Students who are currently experiencing academic stress tend to use binge watching as a coping strategy for their stress. As coping stress, binge watching can reduce stress on individuals but only temporarily. Prolonged involvement with binge watching can actually cause more stress for students. Binge watching engagement is individual involvement in watching several episodes of the same TV series in one sitting (Flayelle, 2017). This study aims to see the relationship between binge watching engagement and academic stress in student. This study used a quantitative method using a questionnaire and involved 120 students at the Universitas Sumatera Utara. The measuring tools used in this study consisted of the Binge Watching Engagement and Symptoms Questionnaire (BWESQ) and the Student Life Stress Inventory (SLSI). The data analysis method is Pearson Product Moment test. The results showed that there was a positive relationship between binge watching engagement and academic stress in students (r = 0.498, p(one-tailed) < 0.05). This means that the higher the student engagement on binge watching, the higher the level of academic stress