Are Students at the School Acceleration Program are More Likely to Experience Anxiety Disorders?

Abstract

A B S T R A C TIntroduction. The Acceleration Program and the International Standard School PilotProject (RSBI) are currently being held in Indonesia. Previous research stated thatthe anxiety of students with acceleration was higher than that of non-acceleratedstudents (regular). Currently, the regular program has mainly been replaced by theRSBI program. This research was conducted to determine differences in the level ofanxiety of students who take the accelerated program and the RSBI program.Methods. The study was conducted using a cross-sectional method, and thesampling was determined by purposive sampling. This study took the population ofstudents of Junior High School 1 Purwokerto. Primary data were collected in the formof friendship quality questionnaires, Rahe-Holmes Social Readjustment Rating Scalelife events questionnaire, body image questionnaire (Body Shape Questionnaire) andTMAS anxiety questionnaire (Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale). Results. Acceleratedstudents who experienced anxiety above the average were 8 (40%) students and 12(60%) students experienced anxiety below average. Non-accelerated students (RSBI)who experienced anxiety above the average were 15 (75%) students and 5 (25%)students experienced anxiety below average. Conclusion. There is a significantdifference in the level of anxiety of students who take the acceleration program andRSBI, where the anxiety of RSBI students is more than that of accelerated students.