What MakesThe CollegesStudents Sad? : An Exploration Study

Abstract

Feelings of sadness is one type of emotion in which people often do not feel like it becauseit makes them feel not considered prosperous. However, by knowing whatfactorsmake a sad, of course, will be able to help someone to understand thesourceof sadness, which will make it easier to focus in dealing with sad. This is important for students, where the more complex issues that they must be faced, it willmake them more often to feel sad. Skillsto understand the source of sadnessso it can focus in managing grief, is expected to further increase well being. Thepurpose of this study was to determine (explore) the factors that make studentsfeel sad. Participants were 168 students who fill the open questions aboutwhat makes them feel sad. From the answers the participants then performedthe categorization and descriptive analysis. The results showed that fivesourcesof most makes participants feel sad that (1) In connection with parents, among others, because it cannot spend much time with parents, thinking aboutwhat their parents have been done for them, feel disappointed and have notmadetheir parents proud, a lack relationships between their parent (2) loss, whichis due to the death of someone close and dear, broken up with girlfriend or boyfriend,lost and become a way with friends (3) negative attitudes on the self, amongothers, less confident, self blame, feeling unfairly treated (4) feel like a failurein life and (5) the issue about their study, among others' the values go downand not appropriate with their target achievement.