THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN OVERSEAS STUDENTS WORKING ON THESIS

Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara social support dengan psychological well-being pada mahasiswa rantau yang sedang mengerjakan skripsi. Dalam penelitian ini metode yang digunakan yaitu metode kuantitatif. Dengan teknik sampling menggunakan sampling jenuh. Analisis data dilakukan dengan menggunakan Product Moment Pearson dengan bantuan SPSS 26.0 for windows. Metode pengumpulan data dengan menggunakan skala social support dan skala psychological well-being yang disusun oleh peneliti dengan menggunakan skala likert. Terdapat 100 mahasiswa rantau yang sedang mengerjakan skripsi menjadi subjek penelitian ini. Hasil analisis dalam penelitian ini menunjukkan nilai signifikasi 0,000 (p<0,05) dengan nilai koefisien korelasi (r=0,608). Ini dapat dikatakan bahwa terdapat hubungan positif antara social support dan psychological well-being. Dimana apabila social support tinggi maka psychological well-being juga akan tinggi. Begitu pula sebaliknya apabila social support rendah psychological well-being juga akan rendah. 

                Kata Kunci: Social Support, Psychological Well-Being, Mahasiswa Rantau

This research was conducted to know the relationship between social support and psychological well-being in overseas students who are working on their thesis. In this study, the method used is the quantitative method. With the sampling technique using saturated sampling. Data analysis was performed using Product Moment Pearson with the help of SPSS 26.0 for Windows. The data collection method uses a social support scale and a psychological well-being scale compiled by researchers using a Likert scale. 100 overseas students are working on their thesis as the subject of this research. The results of the analysis in this study showed a significance value of 0.000 (p<0.05) with a correlation coefficient (r=0.608). It can be said that there is a positive relationship between social support and psychological well-being. Where if social support is high then psychological well-being will also be high. Vice versa, if social support is low, psychological well-being will also be low.

Keywords: Social Support, Psychological Well-Being, Overseas Students