Does Students’ Academic Achievement Depend On Their Self Concept: A Survey Study Among Final Year Nursing Students At Binawan University

Aulia, Fitra and Pertiwi, Harriza and Zakiyah, Zakiyah (2020) Does Students’ Academic Achievement Depend On Their Self Concept: A Survey Study Among Final Year Nursing Students At Binawan University. In: 7th Padjadjaran International Nursing Conference, 2020, September 30 - October 1, 2020, Bandung.

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Abstract

Academic achievement is an indicator of the learning process that has been achieved by students, and as a benchmark of achievement using the results of the last grade or Grade Point Average (GPA). One of the factors that influence the level of academic achievement is self concept. This study aims to determine and describe the relationship of self-concept with academic achievement. The respondents of this study were 43 nursing students enrolling in the final academic year at Binawan University. The instrument used was the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS). The research method used was cross sectional with quantitative descriptive correlation design and Spearman Rank was used to analyze data. The result showed that the majority (58,1%) the respondents had positive self-concept. In the study of academic achievement variables obtained through GPA, it shows that most of the respondents fall into the excellent category (55.8%). Based on this positive result, it was also found that the influence of the self-concept dimensions that formed the student's self to be positive with the 5-dimensional interpretation which includes self-satisfaction/acceptance, ethical-moral self, self-personal, self-family, and social self in the high category, and 5 other dimensions which include identity, behavior, physical self, self-esteem, and self-criticism was in the low category. The main result of this study shows that there was a relationship between self-concept and academic achievement with a correlation value of (r = 0.497) and a p-value of 0.001 (p-value <0.05).

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