Relaksasi Otot Progresif Terhadap Penurunan Tingkat Stres Akademik

Abstract

Pandemi covid-19 menimbulkan berbagai permasalahan di masyarakat, salah satunya adalah stres akademik yang dirasakan oleh mahasiswa. Stres akademik yang dirasakan terus menerus oleh mahasiswa akan berdampak pada hasil belajar mahasiswa. Berdasarkan  permasalahan tersebut maka diadakan kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat berupa pelatihan secara daring mengenai relaksasi otot progresif untuk menurunkan stres akademik mahasiswa. Tujuan dari kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah agar masyarakat lebih khususnya mahasiswa mampu menambah pengetahuan dan keterampilan mengenai pengaplikasian relaksasi otot progresif agar dapat menurunkan stres akademik. Hasil analisis data ditemukan bahwa nilai sig (p) = 0.000 (p<0.05) hal ini bermakna bahwa terdapat perbedaan antara skor sebelum diberikan pelatihan (pre-test) dengan sesudah diberikan pelatihan (pos-test), penjelasan tersebut terlihat dari adanya penurunan stres akademik yang dirasakan oleh peserta setelah mengikuti pelatihan relaksasi otot progresif. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused various problems in society, one of which is academic stress felt by students. Academic stress that is felt continuously by students will have an impact on student learning outcomes. Based on these problems, community service activities were held in the form of online training on progressive muscle relaxation to reduce student academic stress. The purpose of this community service activity is for the community, especially students, to be able to increase their knowledge and skills regarding the application of progressive muscle relaxation in order to reduce academic stress. The results of data analysis found that the value of sig (p) = 0.000 (p<0.05) this means that there is a difference between the scores before being given training (pre-test) and after being given training (post-test), the explanation can be seen from the decrease in stress the academic experience felt by participants after participating in progressive muscle relaxation training.