What causes of adolescent anxiety in senior high school?

Author: 
Linda Dwi, Novial Fitri, Mohamad Hussain Habil, Perjit Kaur Singh and Nurhayati

Background: COVID-19 A new type of virus discovered in the city of Wuhan Cina, this COVID-19 pandemic virus causes a high death rate that puts the world on maximum alert. Some children and adolescents are more susceptible to psychosocial effects during a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic that occurs can add to the storm and stress on teens will cause anxiety. Objective: To find out whether there is a relationship between the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the level of adolescent anxiety. Methods: This research is a quantitative study designed using a descriptive correlation method with a cross-sectional approach. The simple in this study were 153 respondents in senior high school at Samarinda who fit the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The sample was taken using a total sampling technique. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire. Results: The results of this study indicate that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with an average value of 35 has an impact of 33%-35% and the level of anxiety with an average value of 12 gives an anxiety level of 10%-13%. Based on the analysis results using Pearson’sProduct Moment, a significant value of 0.000 < 0.005 was obtained based on the value of count, namely 0.552> 0.159. There is a strong relationship between the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the level of adolescent anxiety leading to a negative relationship. Research Conclusion: There is a relationship between the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with adolescent anxiety levels.

Paper No: 
5185