Hubungan Dukungan Sosial dengan Kepercayaan Diri pada Siswa di SMA Amir Hamzah Medan

Abstract

This research has the objective to see the relationship between the social support and the self-confidence. The hypothesis is there are positive relations between the social support and the confidence. It means that the more social support they get, the higher their confidence will be. On the contrary, that the lower social support they get, the lower their confidence will be. This research uses quantitative approach with correlation design. The research sample is 60 students of Amir Hamzah high school. The data gathering method was used Likert scale for social support and the confidence. Social support affects the confidence of 0.911. data analysis using correlation r Product Moment ( rxy =0,455 with p = 0.000 < 0,050. r2 = 0,207. Social support affect confidence by 20.7 %. It show that there is a significant correlation between social support and self-confidence, which means the higher the social support the higher the confidence.