PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN WRITING THESIS (A Descriptive quantitative of English Students of IAIN Bengkulu in Academic Year of 2018/2019)

Main Author: Yendri, Yepa
Format: Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book Bachelors
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2019
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Online Access: http://repository.iainbengkulu.ac.id/3772/1/YEPA%20YENDRI.pdf
http://repository.iainbengkulu.ac.id/3772/
Daftar Isi:
  • There are three (3) psychological factors that can influence students' difficulties in writing a thesis, namely: self-esteem, anxiety, and motivation. The purpose of this study is to find the psychological factors that most cause students of the English IAIN Study Program Bengkulu to have difficulty in writing a thesis. The method used in this research is a quantitative descriptive method. 25 students were selected as samples using random sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire of 30 items designed based on a 4-point Likert scale to capture things experienced by students regarding psychological factors that cause them difficulty in writing a thesis. Analysis data shows that self-esteem from getting a percentage of 37.45%, anxiety gets a percentage of 33.86%, and motivation gets a percentage of 28.68%. Therefore, it was concluded that the most influential psychological factor in the difficulty of students writing a thesis of these three factors was self-esteem.