ABSTRAK
Masa perpindahan dari SD ke SMP umumnya berkaitan dengan perubahan padalingkungan sekolah, aktifitas akademis, dan aktifitas sosial, perubahan-perubahantersebut dihadapi oleh siswa remaja awal bersamaan dengan perubahan yangberasal dari dalam dirinya karena masa pubertas. Bagi kebanyakan siswa remajaawal kondisi tersebut bisa menjadi pemicu munculnya stress (stressor). Dalammenghadapi stress setiap siswa memiliki perbedaan karena disebabkan olehkemampuan coping yang dimilikinya dan dukungan sosial yang diterimanya.Penelitian dilakukan pada partisipan sebanyak 106 orang yang berasal dari SMP N2 Depok, dan memiliki karakteristik anak laki-laki maupun anak perempuan yangsedang menjalani semester pertama sekolah. Seluruh partisipan diukur mengenaipengalaman stress menggunakan Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck, &Mermelstein, 1983), pengalaman stressor menggunakan lembar checklist,penggunaan strategi coping menggunakan Cope Scale (Carver, Scheier, &Weintraub, 1989), dan dukungan sosial menggunakan Social SupportQuestionnaire for Children (Gordondise, 2011). Hasil penelitian menunjukkanbahwa semua partisipan mengalami stress namun pada tingkat yang berbeda-beda,situasi khawatir dengan hasil raport jelek merupakan salah satu situasi yangbanyak dialami siswa sekaligus dianggap sebagai stressor, strategi coping terpusatemosi sering digunakan oleh paling banyak partisipan, dan dukungan sosial yangsangat sesuai ialah dari orang tua baik dalam bentuk instrumental maupunemotional. Dari hasil penelitian ini diharapkan dapat membantu seluruh pihakyang terlibat dalam tumbuh kembang siswa remaja awal untuk bisa lebihmemahami pengalaman stress, stressor, strategi coping, serta dukungan sosialpada siswa remaja awal di SMP.

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ABSTRACT
The transition from elementary school to junior high school is generallyassociated with changes in the school environment, academic activities, and socialactivities, the changes faced by students in conjunction with the change thatcomes from within him or her because of the onset of puberty. For most studentsthese conditions could trigger the emergence of stress (stressors). In the face ofstress every student has a different because their own capability of coping andsocial support their received. Participants totaled 106 people from SMP N 2Depok, and has the characteristics of boys and girls who are undergoing the firstsemester of school. All participants were measured on experience of stress usingthe Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983), theexperience of stressor using a checklist sheet, the use of coping strategies usingthe Cope Scale (Carver, Scheier, & Weintraub, 1989), and social support usingSocial Support Questionnaire for Children (Gordondise, 2011). The resultsshowed that all participants experienced stress but on a different level, thesituation concerned with the results of bad report cards is one of the situationsexperienced by most students at once regarded as a stressor, coping strategiescentered emotions often used by most participants, and social support particularlyappropriate is from parents in the form of instrumental and emotional. From theresults of this research can help all parties involved in the development of earlyadolescent students to better understand the experience of stress, stressors, copingstrategies, and social support on early adolescent students in junior high school.