Hubungan Antara Self-compassion dan Student Engagement pada Mahasiswa di Sebuah Universitas Negeri di Surakarta

Abstract

Student engagement is considered important because it can influence academic achievement and student success in their studies. Student engagement is a form of student responsibility demonstrated through their compliance with regulations and active participation in the learning process. Student engagement is also positively correlated with the level of self-compassion that students exhibit. Self-compassion enables students to treat themselves with kindness and understanding, increasing their motivation to engage in the learning process and facilitating a more positive approach to dealing with difficulties or failures. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a relationship exists between self-compassion and student engagement among students. This study involved 385 students from a state university in Surakarta. The sampling method employed was convenience sampling, using the Student Engagement Scale (α = 0.747) and the Self-Compassion Scale (α = 0.879) as instruments. The results of the study, using the product-moment Pearson correlation test, showed that the sig value was 0.000 and the r value was 0.402, indicating a significant relationship between self-compassion and student engagement among students. The implications of these results are the importance of developing self-compassion skills in students, as an increase in self-compassion can help them manage academic stress, enhance learning motivation, and encourage more active involvement in both academic and non-academic activities.