Hubungan antara Kecerdasan Emosi dengan Kecemasan Menghadapi Pensiun pada Personil Polri di Polrestabes Medan

Abstract

This study aims to look at the relationship of emotional intelligence with anxiety facing retirement in Medan Polrestabes personnel. The type of research used is correlational quantitative research with the independent variable X: Emotional Intelligence, and the dependent variable Y: Anxiety facing retirement. The population in this study was as many as 1,800 personnel and the sample in this study was 60 personnel, with a sampling technique using purposive sampling. The measuring instrument used is a Likert scale. In this study, researchers used data collection with measurement tools in the form of Emotional Intelligence and Anxiety scales. In line with the discussion in the theoretical basis, the hypothesis proposed in this study is that there is a negative relationship between emotional intelligence and retirement anxiety. Assuming that the higher the emotional intelligence of the personnel, the lower the anxiety of the personnel, and vice versa the lower the emotional intelligence of the personnel, the higher the anxiety of the person. Data collection is done by Likert scale. To test the proposed hypothesis done with the correlation coefficient Rxy = 0.643 ; p = 0.006 < 0.050. This means that there is a relationship between emotional intelligence with anxiety facing retirement. So between the two variables there is a causal relationship. From the results obtained, it can be stated that the proposed hypothesis is accepted.