Stress meter: Android-based assessment application for academic stress level of students

Abstract

Academic stress is one of the negative emotional levels that can affect students’ physical, psychological, and academic health. Thus, there needs to be an assessment media that utilizes technological developments but can still evaluate academic stress levels effectively and efficiently. The purpose of this study was to develop an android-based assessment media (Stress Meter) that is able to measure students’ academic stress levels. This study used research and development methods. Data obtained were analyzed descriptively using Delphi technique for media acceptance test, and also Exploratory Factor Analysis test and Cronbach Alpha to test the validity and reliability of the instrument. The results of this study indicate that prototype of Stress Meter application has met the acceptability criteria and the instrument in it has passed the validity and reliability test. In conclusion, the prototype of Stress Meter application can be used by students as a media self-assessment and facilitate the performance of counselors in identifying the level of academic stress that students have.

ENSS (Expanded Nursing Stress Assessment) version 1,0: An Android-Based Mobile Application Efficient Stress Assessment in Nurses

“…The use of an Android-based stress assessment application has been implemented by [32] to measure stress levels in students. Several previous studies have shown that the use of stress assessment instruments Android-based can measure levels of depression, anxiety and stress and is good for implementation [19] [33]. Android is a mobile application that is quite popular because of the speed factor, namely the efficiency of the application in providing data according to the user's wishes [34].…”