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Beyond Symptoms: A Narrative Counseling Interpretation of First-Year Student Anxiety in Indonesian Higher Education Abdullah, Azizah; Pohan, Rizky Andana; Putri, Ramtia Darma; Triyono, Triyono; Marimbun, Marimbun; Febriani, Rahmi Dwi
Buletin Konseling Inovatif Vol. 6, No. 2
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The transition to higher education is a critical period in which first-year students face new academic demands, financial pressures, social adjustment challenges, and uncertainty about the future. However, limited research has examined how freshmen make sense of and narrate their anxiety, particularly in the Indonesian context. This study aimed to explore the main domains of anxiety among first-semester students in Indonesian public universities and to interpret these experiences through a narrative counseling lens. The study employed a qualitative online survey design with an interpretivist orientation. Data were collected from 199 first-semester students through open-ended questions addressing anxiety-provoking situations, sources of anxiety, and the meanings students attached to their early university experiences. The data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis and subsequently interpreted through a narrative counseling perspective. The findings identified four main themes: academic anxiety (41.8%), financial anxiety (23.1%), social anxiety (9.5%), and career anxiety (4.5%), while 21.1% of participants reported no anxiety. Academic anxiety was the most dominant theme and was primarily associated with adjustment to new learning demands and fear of poor performance. Overall, freshmen anxiety emerged not only as emotional distress but also as a narrative of inadequacy, burden, misfit, and uncertainty. This study highlights the need to understand freshmen anxiety as both a psychological and meaning-making process and underscores the relevance of narrative-informed support in higher education settings.
Profil multidimensi social anxiety pada remaja awal: temuan dari aspek fisiologis, kognitif, afektif, dan perilaku serta implikasinya bagi konseling sekolah Bella Sonia; Nilma Zola; Dina Sukma; Rahmi Dwi Febriani
Counseling and Humanities Review Vol 6, No 1 (2026): Counseling and Humanities Review
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan tingkat social anxiety pada siswa serta implikasinya terhadap layanan bimbingan dan konseling. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif deskriptif dengan melibatkan 102 siswa yang dipilih menggunakan teknik sampling jenuh untuk penarikan sampel. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan skala social anxiety yang mencakup aspek fisiologis, kognitif, afektif, dan perilaku. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara keseluruhan social anxiety siswa berada pada kategori sangat tinggi sebesar 45%. Secara rinci, aspek kognitif berada pada kategori sangat tinggi (59%), aspek afektif (48%), dan aspek perilaku (35%), aspek fisiologis (56%),  yang juga menunjukkan kecenderungan tinggi. Temuan ini mengindikasikan bahwa social anxiety merupakan kondisi yang dominan dialami oleh siswa, sehingga diperlukan intervensi yang tepat melalui layanan bimbingan dan konseling, baik secara preventif maupun kuratif, untuk membantu siswa dalam mengelola kecemasan sosial dan meningkatkan kemampuan interaksi sosial mereka.
Co-Authors A. Muri Yusuf Abdul Hanan Abdullah, Azizah Abqoriah, Febi Abdiah Adinda Amalia Adlya, Soechi Izzati Adzkia, Naufal Afdal Afdal Afifah, Zahra Nisrina Akilah, Nurul Alfian, Dahlya Amanta, Azira Eldrida Anisa Yudita, Anisa Arafani, Adnan Arwin Arwin Aulia, Jusratul Azkiyah, Nurzhila Azmatul Khairiah Sari Bella Sonia Cusinia, Azahra Hardi Daharnis Daharnis Dari, Messy Wulan Dina Sukma dion, nofrion Erwin Pri Utomo Fitria Kasih Frischa Meivilona Yendi Gusinia, Azzahra Hardi Gusni Dian Suri Gustiani, Hesti Hafiz Hidayat Hafiz Hidayat Hafiz Hidayat Hamimah, Hamimah Hanifa, Nurul Hariko, Rezki Hasan, Ikhwanul Hastiani -, Hastiani Hayati, Khofifah Herman Nirwana Humayroh, Dinda Ifdil Ifdil Isabel Intan Pandini Kenedi, Ary Kiswanto Khaswita, Layla Hadi Khumairah, Nadiva Kurnia, Reni Lathifa Khairah Maharani, Intan Maharani, Violanisa Mardin, Asna Marimbun Marimbun Marjohan Marjohan Marwinda, Wulan Sephia Mega Iswari Nabila, Syifaun Nasution, Indra Pernanda Putra Netrawati, Netrawati Neviyarni Neviyarni Neviyarni, Neviyarni Nilma Zola Nora Dwi Putri, Besti Nurfarhanah Nurfarhanah Nuryanis, Nuryanis Puji Gusri Handayani Puji Handayani Putra, Febri Wandha Putri, Ramtia Darma Putriani, Lisa Rahayu Hardianti Utami Rahmi, Adinda Salsabila Ramanda, Revana Ditha Rangkuti, Intan Lestari Ridho, Fadilur Rima Pratiwi Fadli Rima Pratiwi Fadli Rosanty, Nabilah Saddam Al Aziz Safira Zahira Putri Shaamilah Binti Shahabuddin Siti Sri Rahayu Soeci Izzati Adlya Sukmawati, Indah sulis purwanto Syahril, Putri Wie Taufik Taufik TRIAVE NUZILA ZAHRI Triyono Triyono Triyono Triyono Triyono Triyono Triyono, Triyono Triyono, Triyono Ulfa Nofutri Yendi, Fricha Meiviolona Yeni Karneli Yeni, Frischa Meivilona Yesi Anita Yuca, Verlanda Zadrian Ardi Zola, Nilma Zuardi, Zuardi