Andi Reza Hidayat, Eva Imania Eliasa, Agus Supramono
Self-esteem is one of the factors that influence children's social-emotional development. The level of self-esteem was determined by the surrounding environment which includes the family, school and community environment. At this time there is still limited research that examines student self-esteem at the elementary school level based on geographical factors. The purpose of this research is to find out whether there are differences in the self-esteem of students who live in rural area and students who live in urban. The approach used in this study was a quantitative approach to comparative research. The population of this study were elementary school students who lived in rural area with 50 students as respondents and students who lived in urban with 50 students as respondents. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling. The data collection technique used in this study was the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, observation and interviews. While the data analysis technique used was descriptive statistics and independent sample t test. The results of the study showed that there were significant differences in self-esteem between students who live in rural and students who live in urban. In addition, the self-esteem of students who live in villages is lower than the self-esteem of students who live in cities. © Proceedings of International Conference on Research in Education and Science 2024.
Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia
