Perbedaan Kemandirian Ditinjau dari Jenis Kelamin pada Mahasiswa Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Medan Area Stambuk 2017

Abstract

Independence is a major problem for adolescents because independence is one of the developmental tasks of adolescence. A child will move away from the characteristic dependence of childhood to the independence that characterizes an adult. In today's the development of independence becomes a very important issue as more and more teenagers are faced with difficult decisions about lifestyle, values, and behavior. Many factors that affect the independence of which is the gender. This study aims to determine the differences of independence in terms of sex. Hypothesis proposed namely: there is a difference in independence in terms of sex. Men have a higher independence than women. The study's target audience is a list of 146 people psychology faculty university of medan area, consisting of 60 men and women 86. The sampling technique used was random sampling. The measuring tool used is the scale of independence. Based on result of data analysis using SPSS 21.0 using technique of analysis of one way anava, obtained value F = 0,003; p = 0.959 (p> 0.05). Based on the results of the analysis, it is known that the independence variable has an empirical average (RE) of 70.5411 and the hypothetical average (RH) of 75 which means independence on the subject is low. The conclusion obtained from this research is there is no significant difference of independence in terms of sex.