Self-Acceptance from Aqidah and Gender Perspectives

Abstract

This research seeks to determine the relationships between aqidah and self-acceptance, as well as the gender differences in self-acceptance. This research is a quantitative study, using quota sampling as a sampling technique. This study involved 215 students that were spreading in several universities in Special Region of Yogyakarta. The instrument used in this research was a modification of the Unconditional Self-acceptance Questionnaire (USAQ) which had an alpha coefficient of 0,841 and Aqidah Scale which had an alpha coefficient of 0,893. The first hypothesis for the relationship between aqidah and selfacceptance was analyzed by non-parametric spearman rho that showed insignificant result. This means there is no significant relationship between aqidah and self-acceptance. The second hypothesis for the comparison of self-acceptance between men and women that analyzed by independent sample t-test showed significant differences, which is men had higher self-acceptance than women.

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