The Effect of Stress Coping and Social Support on Graduate Student Academic Stress During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Anotace: This paper wants to explain the effect of coping stress and social support on academic stress in postgraduate students while facing the Covid-19 pandemic. During the Covid-19 pandemic, doctoral students in Indonesia experienced academic stress. The prevalence of academic stress during a pandemic among postgraduate students has increased. This academic stress can cause emotional disturbances affecting students' professional competence. Efforts to deal with academic stress are coping with stress, and this method is used to deal with the stress of postgraduate students during the Covid-19 pandemic. Students try to manage the distance between demands (both from individuals and requests from the environment) with students' resources in dealing with stressful situations. Coping stress has a significant role in one's health status. A healthy physical and mental state can help students fulfil pressing academic and non-academic demands, especially during a pandemic. The social support received can make students feel calm, cared for, and loved, as well as develop self-confidence and competence. Social support is a valuable resource for individuals who experience stress and is the primary way to improve their quality of life and maintain a healthy mind and body. Based on this description, coping with stress and social support can overcome academic anxiety. Social support is part of coping with stress to deal with the academic pressure of postgraduate students during the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia.