Benarkah Self Esteem Mempengaruhi Prestasi Akademik?

Abstract

Self-esteem determines a person's overall mental development, it can even affect human behavior. The debate arose when researchers try to explain, whether student achievement is influenced by self-esteem? The author conducted a meta-analysis studies in attempt to clarify the relationship between the variables of self-esteem with academic achievement variable. This research analyzed over sixteen research journals, in which there are 29 studies that examine a relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement. Fifteen research journal use Global Self-esteem scale of the artificial factor in measuring the Rosenberg self-esteem, and research journals using the scale of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS). Academic achievement in 16 research journals obtained, operationalized as the average value of the end of the previous school year students and test scores of students in certain subjects. The analysis showed that there is a significant correlation between self-esteem with academic achievement. The correlation coefficient obtained population is low, amounting to 0,199. The weak correlation coefficient can not be concluded that self-esteem does not affect academic achievement. However, there are two alternatives that could explain the lack of connection between self-esteem with academic achievement. First, the relationship between self-esteem with academic achievement is a two-way relationship. Second, the relationship between self-esteem with academic achievement associated with academic self-efficacy variables.

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“…Finally, for the third and the main finding, the study results also support the findings from previous studies (e.g., Mirzaei-Alavijeh et al, 2018;Wibowo, 2016;Rosli et al, 2011;Aryana, 2010;Sandra, 2009;Habibollah et al, 2008;Sadaat et al, 2012) who all cited a positive correlation between self-esteem and academic performance. However, the findings differ from Van Laar's (2000) study who found that there is little to no relationship between self-esteem and academic success in African American students.…”

“…While increasing the learners' self-esteem can help to improve their academic performance (Rubie et al, 2004), a poor academic attainment does not necessarily display a low general self-confidence (Pullmann & Allik, 2008). At the same time, other studies have found a significant but weak correlation between the two variables (Wibowo, 2016) and self-esteem has a weak positive effect on academic achievement (Marsh & O'Mara, 2008). Although much attention has been given to the relationships between self-esteem and academic performance (Jordan, et al, 2015;Doodman, et al, 2017), similar studies are very limited in Malaysia especially among undergraduates of private universities and the lack of literature necessitates an empirical study.…”

“…Studies on the association between self-esteem and academic achievement among university students have been conducted in other countries like Pakistan (Akram & Suneel, 2018), Iran Mirzaei-Alavijeh et al, 2018), and Indonesia (Wibowo, 2016). In Malaysia, although many studies have also been conducted on the association between self-esteem and academic achievement, the participants were usually students from secondary schools (e.g., Sherina, et al, 2008;Nazirah, et al, 2012;Wan Mohamed & Yunus, 2017).…”

The Correlation Between Interest In Entrepreneurship And Students’ Self-Esteem

“…Besides, they will be more confident and consider their self-valuable, important and must be respected, able to influence others with creative ideas, become more optimistic, love new and challenging tasks, expect for success. Wibowo (2016) through his research also proves the influence of self-esteem toward students' academic achievement. Students who have high self-esteem have high academic achievement.…”

Implementasi Lembar Aktivitas Berbasis Pendekatan Saintifik untuk Meningkatkan Penalaran Spasial dan Self Esteem pada Mahasiswa Matematika

“…Tambunan juga menyatakan bahwa ada hubungan positif antara kemampuan spasial dengan prestasi belajar matematika baik kemampuan spasial total maupun kemampuan spasial euclidis [9]. Hal ini sejalan dengan hasil penelitian Wibowo yang menunjukkan bahwa terdapat korelasi yang signifikan antara self esteem dengan prestasi akademik [10]. Dalam penelitiannya dijelaskan bahwa hubungan antara seft esteem dengan prestasi akademik bersifat dua arah, bisa jadi self esteem mempengaruhi prestasi akademik, atau sebaliknya prestasi akademik mempengaruhi self esteem.…”