27Jan 2020

UNDERSTANDING STRESS AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA (UUM)

  • Wajo Regency education official in South Sulawesi 90914, Indonesia
  • Post Graduate Students, School of Applied Psychology, Social Work and Policy, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
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Students are people who are pursuing higher education in a college. Students are known as intelligent and critical thinkers in acting, but students often experience stress stemming from academic activities and sometimes students behave aggressively. This study aimed to understand the stress and aggressive behavior of undergraduate students at Universiti Utara Malaysia. This study was qualitative by using data collection techniques with observations and interviews. The sample that the researcher selected was ten undergraduate students at UUM based on the knowledge, the researchers consideration appropriate to the purpose of the study. The results show that the stress experienced by undergraduate students at UUM is the stress of Daily Hassless & Personal Stressor. While the aggressive behavior of undergraduate students at UUM is direct passive verbal behavior and indirect passive verbal behavior. Emotional maturity in self-control is an effort undertaken by undergraduate students at UUM in dealing with stress and aggressive behavior.

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[Sitti Habiba and Arhamdy Wirahadikusumah (2020); UNDERSTANDING STRESS AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA (UUM) Int. J. of Adv. Res. 8 (Jan). 323-333] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/10298      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/10298

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