THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SUPPORT AND STRESS COPING OF CLINICAL CLERKSHIPS WHO DO NOT LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS IN SALEMBA, INDONESIA

This study aims to determine the relationship between parental social support and stress coping of clinical clerkships who do not live with their parents in Salemba, Jakarta. The samples in this study are 90 clinical clerkship who do not live with their parents. The hypothesis in this study uses a quantitative approach, using incidental sampling data collection technique to count the scores from social support scale questionnaire and a stress coping scale. Data analysis was performed using the bivariate correlation. The relationship between these two variables is shown by the correlation coefficient (r) = 0.460 and p = 0.000 (p < 0.05). The main hypothesis is that there is no relationship between social support of parents and stress coping of clinical clerkship who do not live with their parents. And the alternative hypothesis is that there is a significant relationship between parental social support and stress coping of clinical clerkships who do not live with parents. Based on these results, the main hypothesis is rejected, and the alternative hypothesis is accepted. From the results, the study concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between social support of parents and stress coping of clinical clerkship who do not live with their parents. This means that the higher social support from parents, the better clinical clerkships cope stress.