Abstract:
Medical students who have just entered the educational level at the university often encounter many changes compared to their time in high school (SMA), making them susceptible to academic stress. Achievement motivation is beneficial in reducing academic stress among students. This study aims to determine the relationship between achievement motivation and academic stress among students in the Faculty of Medicine at the Islamic University of Bandung. The research methods used is descriptive analysis, with a cross sectional observational design and the data analysis used is univariate and bivariate analysis with chi-square. The sampling in this study used random sampling technique, and a total of 118 students were obtained who met the inclusion criteria. The results of research using SPSS software show that the majority of respondents have a moderate level of achievement motivation, accounting for 87.3%, and a very severe level of academic stress, accounting for 36.4%. Statistical analysis resulted in a contingency coefficient (CC) value of 0.529 with a p-value of 0.001 (P < 0.05), indicating a significant positive relationship between achievement motivation and academic stress. The conclusion of this study indicates that the higher the achievement motivation, the higher the academic stress among students; conversely, the lower the achievement motivation, the lower the academic stress among first-year students in the Faculty of Medicine at the Islamic University of Bandung. The high achievement motivation in students is caused by their desire to obtain good grades, requiring greater effort to realize these aspirations. This is what contributes to the increase in academic stress among students.
