Hubungan Dukungan Sosial dengan Kematangan Emosi pada Mahasiswa Psikologi Universitas Medan Area

Abstract

This study aims to determine the relationship of social support with emotional maturity University Medan Area Psychology students. This type of research is a quantitative approach. Total of samples in this study were 80 Psychology Students from the University of Medan Campus Area 1 in 2017, the samples were taken using purposive sampling technique, this study use Likert scales. The analysis technique used is product moment correlation. The results showed the correlation coefficient rxy = 0.399 with p = 0.000 <0.050, which means that there is a positive relationship between social support and emotional maturity which is lowered social support, the worse the emotional maturity, or conversely the higher social support, the better the emotional maturity. Social support contributes 16% effectively to emotional maturity and 84% is influenced by other factors that affect emotional maturity. The empirical mean variable of social support obtained is 90.19, while the empirical mean variable of emotional maturity obtained is 62.80, then for the hypothetical mean variable social support 77.5 and the hypothetical mean variable of emotional maturity is 52.5. Based on the calculation of the the hypothetical and empirical mean values, it can be concluded that social support received is high and emotional maturity received is high.