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INSAN Media Psikologi

ISSN 1411-2671 (Cetak); 2310-7945 (Online)

Vol. 8 / No. 2 / Published : 2006-08

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Original Article :

The self-construal of students at a private higher learning institution

Author :

  1. A. Supratiknya*1
  1. Faculty of Psychology, Sanata Dharma University

Abstract :

The present study aims at exploring the self-construal of students at a private higher learning institution in Yogyakarta with paying attention to their gender and ethnic background, namely Javanese versus non-Javanese (Chinese, Dayakese, Batakese, Sundanese, Ambonese, Balinese, Betawinese, and Floresnese). The instrument was Skala Konstrual-diri (n = 18; α = 0,6749), the Indonesian adaptation of the Self-Construal Scale developed by Theodore M. Singelis (1994). A total 0f 176 sophomores of 9 different ethnic background (131 Javanese and 45 non-Javanese) from 20 study programs in 7 different faculties participated as Subjects. The results led to two major conclusions. First, as members of Eastern collectivistic communities, both Javanese and non-Javanese Subjects in general tend to have an interdependent self-construal, but this tendency is significant only among the Javanese. Second, although there is a tendency for female Subjects in general to have a more interdependent self-construal than male Subjects, but the difference is not significant among both the Javanese and non-Javanese Subjects.

Keyword :

individualism; collectivism; independent self-construal; interdependent self-construal ,


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