Persepsi Siswa Mengenai Stres yang Dialami Menjelang Uji Kompetensi Keahlian di SMK PJC Kota Batam

According to data from the Central Java Social Welfare Service in 2006, it was recorded that 608,000 people experienced stress. UKK is one of the graduation requirements that is often a source of stress for vocational high school students, the perception that causes stress in students before the skills competency test (UKK) occurs in students at SMK Putra Jaya Center Batam, as many as 36 class XII KPR students admitted to experiencing academic stress before UKK, this study was conducted to determine how students perceive stress experienced by students before the competency test at SMK Putra Jaya Center Batam. The sampling technique used was Purposive sampling with 36 respondents. The results of the study obtained several themes, namely: 1) Student perceptions that consider UKK to be something that has a negative impact, has a stressful impact and also a self-defense mechanism before UKK. 2) Stress in students affects 2 aspects of each individual, namely Physiological and Psychological Aspects. The results of the study showed that students' perceptions of UKK as pressure that has a negative impact. Students' perceptions regarding stress experienced before UKK are negative perceptions of students that arise due to students' assessments or understandings that assume that UKK is a threat and pressure on students. This perception causes negative changes, namely that students experience physical stress and psychological stress.