Perbezaan Personaliti Kestabilan Emosi dalam kalangan Pelajar Pintar Cerdas Akademik (PCA) berdasarkan Jantina dan Jenis Sekolah Differences in the Emotional Stability among Academically Talented Students Base on Gender and Different Type of Schools

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out the differences in the emotional stability among academically talented students at three schools: daily school, boarding school, and Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM). This study involved 117 samples, enrolled through a purposive sampling technique, based on their Peperiksaan Menengah Rendah (PMR) results. All respondents received straight A's in their PMR. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) was used to collect the data. Personality emotional stabilization has been divided into three traits: feeling guilty, self confident, and worried. Descriptive and inferential statistic was used to analyse the data. Result showed that there was no significant difference among the academically talented students based on their gender. However, result showed that there was a significant difference in their personality emotional stabilization based on the different types of school.

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk melihat perbezaan personaliti kestabilan emosi dalam kalangan pelajar pintar cerdas akademik di tiga buah sekolah iaitu sekolah harian biasa, sekolah berasrama penuh dan Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM). Seramai 177 orang responden telah dipilih secara bertujuan (purposive) bagi memenuhi keperluan kajian. Sampel dipilih berdasarkan keputusan dalam Peperiksaan Menengah Rendah (PMR). Kesemua responden adalah merupakan pelajar cemerlang yang memperolehi gred 'A' dalam mata pelajaran yang diambil. Instrumen Eysenck Personality Questionaire (EPQ) telah digunakan bagi melihat item-item mengenai personaliti kestabilan emosi. Personaliti kestabilan emosi telah dipecahkan kepada tiga trait iaitu perasaan bersalah, keyakinan diri dan kebimbangan. Hasil dapatan kajian ini telah menunjukkan bahawa tidak terdapat perbezaan personaliti kestabilan emosi yang signifikan dalam kalangan pelajar pintar cerdas akademik berdasarkan jantina. Bagaimanapun hasil kajian ini telah menunjukkan bahawa terdapat perbezaan personaliti kestabilan emosi yang signifikan berdasarkan jenis sekolah.