Abstract:
This study was aimed at investigating the effect of peer attachment, parental
involvement, and perceived school climate on self-awareness in junior high school
students in East Martapura, South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The quantitative
research method through product-moment correlation and multiple linear regression
analysis was applied in this study. The sample of the research was the total population
of a junior school in East Martapura with a significant number of dropout cases. The
subject of this study consisted of male and female students aged 11 to 17 years old
with a family background of traders and farmers and a Malay-Bajar Islamic culture.
The results of the study showed that there was a significant correlation between peer
attachment and parental involvement. In contrast, there was no correlation between
both factors and perceived school climate. Furthermore, it was also found that there
was a significant positive effect of peer attachment, parental involvement, and
perceived school climate on students' self-awareness. The results of this study
indicated that to foster students' self-awareness, schools need to establish
communication with parents, create a comfortable and effective school climate for
teaching and learning processes, as well as facilitate the students develop peer
attachment through extracurricular activities. In addition, schools may also take action
to implement field-based learning and provide career counseling for students to
broaden their insights into alternative self-development besides trading and farming.
Keywords: dropping out of school, peer attachment, parental involvement, perceived
school climate, self-awareness
