Academic stress is a common challenge experienced by students due to the burden and pressure in higher education environments. This study conducted a systematic literature analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based psychological interventions and social support in addressing academic stress. By reviewing various empirical studies from leading journals, it was found that mindfulness—through techniques such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)—is beneficial in reducing stress, anxiety, and improving students' emotional regulation and learning focus. In addition, social support from family, friends, and the campus environment acts as a stress buffer by providing emotional support and a sense of connectedness. An approach that combines mindfulness and social support has shown more effective results in helping students manage academic stress. Therefore, it is recommended that higher education institutions develop programs that integrate these two interventions to improve students' mental well-being sustainably.

This research is motivated by the existence of inappropriate behavior in a student who often justifies his behavior even though the behavior he shows is wrong. The objective to be achieved in this study is to determine whether there is a significant difference before and after classical psychoanalytic counseling is carried out on rationalization behavior towards the client. This research method uses a pre-experimental one group, pre-test-post test approach. The population is one of the students of the State Islamic University of Bukittinggi. The data is processed using the Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) version 26 program using the Wilcoxon test. The results obtained in this study were changes in values ??between before and after counseling. Which means that there is a change in rationalization behavior before and after treatment is given. So it can be concluded that classical psychoanalytic counseling can be carried out in handling rationalization behavior towards the client. So, it is recommended that counselors when conducting counseling can use the classical psychoanalytic counseling model in dealing with one of the client's inappropriate behaviors, especially rationalization behavior.