The Relationship between Social Support and Self-Esteem with Academic Resilience of Junior High School Students

This study aims to examine the relationship between social support and self-esteem and academic resilience in junior high school (SMP) students. Academic resilience is a student's ability to endure and adapt to academic challenges and stress, which is important to their academic success. Social support and self-esteem are thought to play an important role in increasing students' academic resilience. This research uses quantitative methods with a correlational design. The research subjects were junior high school students at several schools in Krian, totaling 351 students. The research instrument is a questionnaire that measures students' levels of social support, self-esteem and academic resilience. The data analysis used was Kendalls Tau B. The results of the study showed that there was no significant positive relationship between social support and students' academic resilience. In addition, self-esteem was also found to have a significant positive relationship with academic resilience. Students who have strong social support from family, friends and the school environment and have high self-esteem tend to have better academic resilience. The conclusion of this research is that social support and self-esteem play an important role in increasing the academic resilience of junior high school students. Therefore, it is important for schools and families to provide adequate support and build students' self-esteem to help them overcome academic challenges and achieve academic success.