PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG INDONESIAN NATIONAL ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL ATTENDING MILITARY LAW EDUCATION
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This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the level of psychological distress among students at the Military Law College (STHM) who are active members of the Indonesian National Army (TNI), as well as to explore perceptions of academic stress and map 28 sources of stress in military service education. Using a descriptive quantitative approach with purposive sampling on 107 participants, psychological distress was measured using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), while perceptions of academic stress were explored using the Law Student Perceived Stress Scale (LSPSS). The analysis results show that the level of psychological distress is in the low category, with the stress dimension being the most dominant component compared to anxiety and depression. This reflects an emotional and physiological tension response as a form of adaptation to academic and work demands. Perceptions of academic stress were also in the low to tend-to-be-low category, although academic demands were the highest source of pressure. The Pearson correlation test (p < .01) showed a significant positive relationship between psychological distress and perceived academic stress. Additionally, mapping 28 stressors identified five main pressures: policy uncertainty, financial pressure, academic competition, the volume of learning materials, and living conditions, indicating that psychological distress is the result of a complex interaction between academic demands, organizational dynamics, personal factors, and the environment.
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