“…Then the stress analysis of the people of Kerinci Regency and Sungai Penuh City against the spread of COVID-19 judging by the emotional response was in the high category. Emotions are subjective experiences related to feelings, behaviors, moods, decision-making, temperament, and character (Rahayu, 2015;Alfaiz, et al, 2019;Ulandari & Juliawati, 2019). Individuals who have good emotional intelligence will allow themselves to manage and use their emotions well (Yandri, 2017) so that the individual will likely avoid stress (Juliawati, et al, 2019;Ningsih, et al, 2020).…”