TINGKAT KECEMASAN TERHADAP PRESTASI AKADEMIK PENGURUS IKATAN MAHASISWA MUHAMMDIYAH

Abstract

Anxiety is state of person feels worry, nervous, less concentration and marked by heart palpitations when there is pressure or threat on him. When students would face the test, the student had good preparation and full concentration so had not a negative impact on the achievement learning. The purpose of this study is know the relationship level of anxiety against academic achievement of Muhammadiyah Students Association at Muhammadiyah University Semarang. Type of this research is descriptive correlation research using cross sectional design. Sample of this research is 67 respondents with purposive sampling technique. The results showed that level of anxiety in severe category (47,8%), medium category (34,3%) and light category (17,9%) there was an association between anxiety level of academic achievement (p = 0,000), if students experienced anxiety usually students would experience a less concentration when faced the exam, this would have negative affect on their learning outcomes. Students can control their anxiety by preparing themselves would before facing exams such as doing problem exercises that were less obvious.