| Abstrak/Abstract |
Recently, studies reported that university students’ mental health is worsening. The COVID-19 pandemic has been shown to also negatively impact the mental health of university students. Further, mental health problems among university students may affect many areas of students’ lives, reducing their academic performance, physical health, and quality of life. Health profession students, including pharmacy, suffered from a high level of stress during their study and training mainly because of the nature of their educational process. The main stressors for pharmacy students were academic-related things including coursework, a large volume of materials to be studied, laboratory report writing, and constant pressure to maintain good grades. On the other hand, resilience is a personality characteristic that can moderate the negative effects of stress and has been associated with increased psychological well-being.
This research aims to assess the perceived stress and resilience scale among pharmacy student, and their correlations with academic performance. This study is designed with an observational cross-sectional study. The respondents are pharmacy students from three different universities, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Universitas Lambung Mangkurat and Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CDRISC) will be used as the main instruments for collecting data about perceived stress and resilience, respectively. Questions related to sociodemographics and types of stressors will also be added to evaluate factors that may influence stress and resilience. The outcome of academic performance will also be collected to measure the impact of stress and resilience. The data will be analyzed quantitatively to find a correlation between stress, resilience and academic performance. This research is expected to describe pharmacy students' stress levels and resilience scale, and the factors associated with them. The results will be further used to develop and implement support programs to reduce their stress levels and improve their resilience. |
