The Relationship Between Peer Support and Self-Esteem among First-Year Undergraduate Nursing Students at Universitas Advent Indonesia

Oktavia C. Sitinjak; Nurhayati  Siagian

doi:10.54783/ijsoc.v8i4.1861

Oktavia C. Sitinjak Universitas Advent Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
Nurhayati Siagian Universitas Advent Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54783/ijsoc.v8i4.1861

Keywords: Peer Support; Self-Esteem; Nursing Students; First-Year Students; Spearman’s Correlation.

Abstract

The early period of university studies is a psychologically vulnerable phase, and self-esteem serves as an important protective resource for first-year nursing students. Peer support is presumed to play a role as one of its sources, particularly on residential campuses. This study aimed to determine the relationship between peer support and self-esteem among first-year undergraduate nursing students at Universitas Advent Indonesia. The study employed a quantitative descriptive correlational design with a cross-sectional approach. The total sampling technique resulted in 131 respondents who completed peer support questionnaires (13 valid items; α = 0.897) and self-esteem questionnaires (9 valid items; α = 0.738). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rho test. Most respondents had high levels of peer support (79.4%), while self-esteem was in the moderate (51.9%) and high (47.3%) categories. Peer support data were not normally distributed (p < 0.001). The relationship between the two variables was positive but very weak and not statistically significant (ρ = 0.157; p = 0.073). In this sample, peer support was not significantly associated with self-esteem. Further research involving larger and more diverse samples is recommended.

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