Psychological Factors Affecting Bachelor Students’ Difficulties in Writing Thesis

Abstract

The main goal of this research was to investigate psychological factors that affect bachelor students’ difficulties in writing a thesis. The objectives of this research are to find the Psychological Factors Affecting Students’ Difficulties in Writing Thesis. This research used a mixed-method research design. Furthermore, the subjects of the research were 57 students at eight semester English Students of IAIN Curup in the Academic year 2021. The technique of collecting data used is a questionnaire and Interview. Close-ended questionnaires and interview guides were used in this research. A closed-ended questionnaire was used by the respondents to capture things experienced by students regarding psychological factors that caused them difficulties in writing a thesis. An interview guide was used to the extent to which psychological factors influenced students’ writing proses. The psychological factors can be seen from three aspects of Brown's Theory. They are self-esteem, anxiety, and motivation. Analysis data showed that Self-Esteem got a percentage of 73,0159 %, and was a high category, Motivation got a percentage of 68,2823 %, was a high category, and Anxiety got a percentage of 65,3439 % and it was a high category. Based on the questionnaire, it could be concluded that the most influential psychological factor in the difficulty of students writing a thesis of these three factors was Motivation. Then, based on the interview, the difficulties that students faced in writing a thesis truly affected the process of finishing the thesis itself. Knowing the factors affecting students’ difficulties in writing a thesis was important.