<![CDATA[Academic stress has become a critical psychosocial challenge for Generation Z students in major cities such as Jakarta, who face high academic demands alongside competitive and fast-paced urban social dynamics. This study aims to analyze the effect of social support and resilience on academic stress among Generation Z students in Jakarta. A quantitative explanatory approach with a cross-sectional survey design was employed, involving 300 active students from various public and private universities in the Jakarta area, selected through proportionate stratified random sampling. Data were collected using the MSPSS for social support, the CD-RISC for resilience, and the Student Academic Stress Scale for academic stress, then analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression. The results show that social support (r = –0.61) and resilience (r = –0.64) have a significant negative relationship with academic stress, with both variables simultaneously explaining 50.8% of the variance in academic stress (R² = 0.508; F = 152.83; p < 0.001). Resilience was found to have a stronger influence than social support. This study concludes that strengthening social support and resilience together can be an effective strategy to reduce academic stress among Generation Z students, so higher education institutions need to develop community-based programs and student resilience-building initiatives.]]>
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