The effect of sprituality and social support from the family toward final semester university students' resilience

Abstract

Many university students face various stressors in the process of finishing their study where they are demanded to have high resilience. This study aims to empirically examine the effect of spirituality and social support from family toward final semester students' resilience. The subjects were 241 final semester students (semester IX, XI, and XIII) from UIN (State Islamic University) Walisongo Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, selected by stratified random sampling technique. Data was collected by using questionnaires. Analysis was done by applying double regression technique. Result showed there is significant effect of spirituality and social support toward final semester students' resilience. The higher spirituality and social support are the higher students' resilience will be. Vice versa, the lower spirituality and social support are, the lower students' resilience. It is suggested that the university should organize events which can increase students' spirituality and for the family, they have to be more supportive for the success of students' final project.