PENGARUH KEPERCAYAAN DIRI SISWA BARU TERHADAP PENYESUAIAN DIRI DI SMPN 22 KOTA JAMBI

Every individual experiences changes in the quality of self through the process, starting from small to large things. In the process of self-adjustment, students can face problems of acceptance and rejection in their relationships. Self-adjustment can be defined as the adaptation of the individual self to a new place in order to accept, such as students at school who must adapt to teachers, subjects, peers, and to the physical and social environment. Conditions such as self-confidence and limited abilities can make it difficult for students to adjust to a new school. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of self-confidence of new students, to determine the level of student self-adjustment, and to reveal the effect of new student self-confidence on student self-adjustment at SMPN 22 Jambi City, finding many seventh grade students who have difficulty adapting to a new environment and have problems adjusting to classmates, especially when studying. Type of quantitative research with an ex-post facto approach. The sampling technique used is simple random sampling with a confidence level of α 0.05 with the Slovin formula. The sample obtained was 153 students, which were divided into 9 classes. In the results of research calculations, seventh grade students at SMPN 22 Jambi City showed that their level of self-adjustment was at a “high” level with an overall percentage of 72.3%. The results showed that the new student self-confidence variable (X) had an influence on the self-adjustment variable (Y) of 6.3%. From the results of the questionnaire analysis on new student self-confidence and self-adjustment given to 153 seventh grade students at SMPN 22 Jambi City, it can be seen that there is an influence between new student self-confidence and self-adjustment, namely 6.3% which is at a “high or strong” level.