Reducing Academic Stress of the College Students by Using Cyber Counseling During the COVID-19 Pandemic Asriyanti Rosmalina, Hajam, Bambang Setiawan, Agus Pamuji, Rina Kurnia
Program Studi Bimbingan Konseling Islam, Fakultas Ushuluddin Adab dan Dakwah, IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon
*asriyantirosmalina[at]gmail.com
Abstract
Almost everyone uses technology especially IT. Nowadays, the occurrence COVID-19 outbreak has brought drastic changes on every sector. One of which is in educational sector, especially in the area of counseling. One of the drastic changes is in the form of counseling services which is held by using media (cyber counseling), instead of direct face to face meeting. The action was taken in order to prevent the spreading of COVID-19. The main problem of cyber counseling is that the clients typically have limitations in terms of time and space to get an in depth counseling. If this problem is left unsolved, then it may cause a detrimental academic stress. Therefore, a media that is able to channel the counselor and the client in conducting counseling services is needed. Sistem Informasi Konseling (SIKON) is considered to be able to provide consultation featured support system. This system can be used by the counselor and the clients to reduce the academic stress problem. The research method that is used is in a form of library research that examine the cyber counseling and academic stress. It is expected that the cyber counseling can be used to reduce academic stress of the college students especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords: Cyber Counseling- Academic Stress- Sistem Informasi Konseling (SIKON)- COVID-19 Pandemic
