HUBUNGAN ANTARA KECERDASAN EMOSIONAL DENGAN PRESTASI AKADEMIK PADA MAHASISWA AKTIVIS ORGANISASI KEMAHASISWAAN DI LINGKUNGAN UNIVERSITAS UDAYANA
Abstract: Student
is a learner who has moral duties in applying Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi
consisted of three important missions, which are implementing education,
research, and community service. One embodinent of community service is being
involved in the organizational activities around campus. Student activists have
an immense relation with the role of emotional intelligence since they have
more responsibilities than those who are not actively participating in
organisation. In addition to running the missions of Tri Dharma Perguruan
Tinggi, students would also encounter personal problem and be faced with
school’s demands. The purpose of conducting this research is to investigate the
correlation of emotional intelligence and academic achievement of student
organization activists at University of Udayana.
The sampling technique used in this research was simple random sampling.
Subjects were 129 student activists at University of Udayana, age ranged from
17 to 25 years old. Emotional intelligence scale was deployed based on
emotional intelligence aspects proposed by Goleman (2002). Transcripts were
also collected to determine academic achievement of the subjects, aside from
spreading the emotional intelligence scale. Karl Pearson product-moment
correlation analysis was conducted to observe correlation of emotional
intelligence and academic achievement.
Correlation coefficient value obtained from the result of analysis
performed on the variables, emotional intelligence and academic achievement,
were -0.204 and P of 0.021 (p<0.05). This result shows that there is a
negative relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement,
which also indicates that the increase of emotional intelligence is followed by
the decrease of academic achievement on student organization activists. The
number of organizations in which the subjects participated in, various
activities performed outside campus, and other external factors of research’s
subjects contributed to the effect of academic achievements.
Penulis: Jesica Handayanita
Saragih, Tience Debora Valentina
Kode Jurnal: jppsikologiperkembangan150097
