Peran Kecerdasan Emosional Terhadap Kematangan Karir pada Siswa SMA di kota Medan

Abstract

High school students are individuals who are in their teens and are starting to seriously think about their future. One of the developmental tasks in adolescence is to prepare for a future career so that career maturity is needed. To achieve career maturity requires the ability to recognize one's own feelings, manage emotions and motivate oneself which is called emotional intelligence. This study aims to determine the role of emotional intelligence on career maturity in high school students in the city of Medan. The sample in this study were 381 high school students in Medan aged 15-18 years who were obtained through cluster sampling technique. The measuring instrument used in this study is the emotional intelligence scale which is based on Goleman's theory (2003) and the career maturity scale which is based on Super theory (in Sharf, 2013). The results of simple linear regression analysis show a significance value of 0.000 (Sig. <0.05) meaning that there is a role of emotional intelligence on the career maturity of high school students in Medan city of 30.4%