BETWEEN COLLEGE AND WORK: THE ROLE OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT ON STUDENTS' QUALITY OF LIFE

Abstract

Students who work while pursuing higher education experience difficulties in managing academic and work demands, which can affect their quality of life. This study aims to evaluate how work-life balance and social support affect the quality of life of working students. A quantitative method was applied by distributing questionnaires to 112 respondents who were working students, then the data was analyzed using simple and multiple linear regression through SPSS. The results of this study indicate that work-life balance has a positive and significant impact on the quality of life of students, showing that the better students are at balancing their academic and work roles, the higher their well-being. In addition, social support was also found to have a positive and significant effect on quality of life, confirming that emotional and practical support from family, friends, coworkers, and the campus environment can help students cope with the stress of juggling multiple roles. Simultaneous analysis indicates that both variables simultaneously have a significant contribution to improving quality of life, with the coefficient of determination value showing that most of the variation in quality of life can be explained through life balance and social support.