Development of Stress Management Guidebook to Prevent Academic Burnout on Vocational High School Students

Abstract

Abstract: Students must be aware of academic burnout, as it can reduce their learning achievement. This study aims to develop a stress management guidebook to prevent academic burnout in vocational high school students. This guidebook can be used by counselors as a reference in providing guidance services to vocational students who have problems related to academic burnout. This manual is equipped with an academic burnout scale to measure the level of student academic burnout. The development model in this study used the Borg and Gall development research design. In this study, we used five stages, consisting of pre-survey, product design, design validation, product testing, and final product preparation. The research instruments were material expert assessment instruments, media expert assessment instruments, and assessment instruments for prospective product users. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive percentages and inter-rater agreement. The results of the study indicated that the stress management guide meets the acceptability criteria, so it is appropriate to be used as a medium for counselors to facilitate the development of students’ stress management to prevent academic burnout.Abstrak: Academic burnout merupakan kondisi siswa yang penting untuk diperhatikan karena dapat menurunkan prestasi belajar. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan panduan manajemen stress untuk mencegah academic burnout pada siswa SMK. Buku panduan ini dapat digunakan oleh konselor sebagai acuan dalam memberikan layanan bimbingan kepada siswa SMK yang memiliki permasalahan terkait academic burnout. Buku panduan ini dilengkapi dengan skala academic burnout untuk mengukur tingkat academic burnout siswa. Model pengembangan yang digunakan mengadaptasi desain penelitian pengembangan Borg and Gall. Langkah-langkah penelitian pengembangan diawali dengan lima langkah yaitu pra survei, desain produk, validasi desain, uji coba produk dan penyusunan produk akhir. Instrumen penelitian ini adalah instrumen penilaian ahli materi, instrumen penilaian ahli media, dan instrumen penilaian calon pengguna produk. Teknik analisis yang digunakan berupa deskriptif persentase dan inter-rater agreement. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa panduan manajemen stress memenuhi kriteria akseptabilitas sehingga layak digunakan sebagai media bagi konselor dalam memfasilitasi pengembangan kemampuan manajemen stress siswa untuk mencegah academic burnout.