Is Self-compassion the key? Predictor to against academic stress in high school students

One of the internal factors that wss predicted to reduce students' academic stress called self-compassion. The aim of this study was to prove self-compassion as a predictor of academic stress of 12th grade high school students. The research used quantitative approach with correlational design. Participants on the research were 737 students on 12th grade from four senior high school used accidental sampling. Instrument in this research used adaptation of Indonesian version Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) and Perception of Academic Stress Scale (PASS). Multiple regression used to analyze the data. The result showed that self-compassion influences academic stress with 7.5% effective contribution. Partially, self-judgement, isolation, and overidentification are had relationship with academic stress. This means that students perceived academic stress could be seen from their tendency to response to academic demands, whether they blame themselves and/or the situation they had. Students can reduce academic stress by better prepared themselves and improved their competencies. Students can also reduce academic stress by estimated and prepared for the worst-case scenarios when facing academic tasks.