The Role of Self-Control and Self-Adjustment on Academic Achievement Among Junior High School Students

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10.2991/icet-17.2017.19How to use a DOI?

Keywords

self-control, self-adjustment, academic achievement, junior high school students

Abstract

Attaining high academic achievement, not only merely about excellent teaching and instruction, but also the psychological factor of students itself. The aim of this research is to find out the role of self-control and self-adjustment on the academic achievement of junior high school students. There were 96 first year students of Islamic boarding school in Tasikmalaya enrolled this study, 48.96% of them were males and 51.04% females. Data were collected by using The Brief Self-Control Scale, Self-Adjustment Scale, and also the final grade of school report. Data analysis showed that both self-control and self-adjustment correlate with student academic achievement. For further analysis, multiple regression showed that only self-control could predict academic achievement. Also reported from data analysis that boys and girls are different significantly in academic achievement, self-control, and self-adjustment.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Asep Agung Judistira
AU  - Hariz Enggar Wijaya
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TI  - The Role of Self-Control and Self-Adjustment on Academic Achievement Among Junior High School Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Education and Training (ICET 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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