THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SELF COMPASSION AND ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 INDRALAYA
Daftar Isi:
- This study aimed (1) to find out the Self compassion level of the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Indralaya, (2) to find out whether or not there was any significant correlation between Self compassion and English achievement of the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Indralaya, (3) to find out whether or not there was any correlation between each of the subscales on Self compassion scale and English achievement of the eleventh grade student of SMAN 1 Indralaya, (4) to find out how much self compassion contributed to the students’ English achievement, and (5) to find out how much each aspect of self compassion contributed to the students’ English achievement. Explanatory design of correlational study was used in this study. The population was the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Indralaya and simple random sampling was applied to get the sample of the study. The sample was 170 students chosen randomly from 200 students of the population. The instrument used was Self Compassion Scale (SCS) which used to get the information about the students’ Self compassion level. Besides, the documentation of the students’ odd semester examination result was used to get the information about students’ English achievement. Pearson Correlation Product Moment and regression of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22 was used for data analysis. The result showed that most of the students had medium self compassion level. The correlation analysis showed that self compassion, self kindness, mindfulness, and common humanity positively correlated with the students’ English achievement. The result of regression analysis showed that self compassion contributed 24.6% to the students’ English achievement. From the regression analysis, it was shown that common humanity give the highest contribution (25%) to the students’ English achievement. Overall, two conclusions can be drawn from the result of the study. The first was the higher students self compassion level the higher their English achievement and the second was self compassion can be used as a tool to increase the students English achievement.