Hubungan Sensation Seeking dengan Self-Esteem pada Mahasiswa Pendaki Gunung Universitas Gadjah Mada

DITA NOVITA SARI, Drs. Fauzan Heru Santhoso, M.Si., Ph.D., Psikolog

2019 | Skripsi | S1 PSIKOLOGI

Peningkatan angka pendakian gunung di Indonesia mendasari tujuan penelitian yang ingin mengetahui hubungan variabel kepribadian, yaitu self-esteem dan sensation seeking pada kegiatan ini. Dua variabel tersebut merupakan variabel yang lekat hubungannya dengan kaum muda, salah satunya mahasiswa. Hipotesis yang diajukan adalah adanya hubungan positif antara self-esteem dan sensation seeking pada mahasiswa pendaki gunung. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah 167 mahasiswa Universitas Gadjah Mada berusia 17 sampai 24 tahun yang telah melakukan pendakian gunung maksimal tiga kali. Variabel dihitung menggunakan skala Self-Liking and Competence Scale-Revision (SLCS-R) milik Tafarodi dan Swann (2001) dan Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) milik Zuckerman (1978). Data dianalisis menggunakan teknik korelasi Product Moment milik Pearson. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tidak adanya hubungan signifikan antara self-esteem dan sensation seeking pada mahasiswa pendaki gunung Universitas Gadjah Mada (rxy = 0,005 dengan p = 0,948 (p>0,05).

An increased mountaineering rate in Indonesia has encouraged the importance of discussing about personality in mountaineers, especially self-esteem and sensation seeking. Those are the two popular variabels that scientifically proven has correlation with mountaineering in youth. This study aim to find out the relationship between self-esteem and sensation seeking in beginner mountaineers. Research subjects were college students between 17-24 years old and had climbed the mountain maximal 3 times. Survey using scale based on Self-Liking and Competence Scale-Revision (SLCS-R) by Tafarodi and Swann (2001) and Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) by Zuckerman (1978). The data analyzed using Product Moment correlation by Pearson. The result showed that there was no significant correlation between self-esteem and sensation seeking in college student mountaineers in Gadjah Mada University (rxy=0.005 and p=0.948 (p>0.05)).

Kata Kunci : self-esteem, sensation seeking, pendakian gunung