Abstract:
Anxiety was an excessive feeling of fear, anxiety, impending disaster, worry or fear
of a real or perceived threat. The purpose of this study was to determine the level
of anxiety of adolescents during the Covid-19 pandemic in Sonosari Hamlet. The
research design was non-experimental correlation descriptive research design. The
population was all adolescents aged 14-16 years in Sonosari Hamlet, which in July
2020 amounted to 45 children. The sampling technique in this research was
purposive sampling. The sample in this study amounted to 40 children aged 14-16
years. Data were collected using an instrument in the form of a HARS (Hamilton
Anxiety Rating Scale) questionnaire and continued with a descriptive frequency
statistical test with the help of SPSS version 22. The results showed that 33
respondents (82.5%) had mild anxiety, and 7 respondents (18.0%). The anxiety
experienced by adolescents in Sonosari Hamlet belongs to the category of mild
anxiety level with several anxiety symptoms such as restlessness, irritability and
difficulty concentrating. At a mild level of anxiety a person experiences tension
that was felt every day which causes a person to be alert and increases the
perception field.
