The Relationship Between Self-Concept and Decision Making in High School Alumni Undergoing a Gap Year

Abstract

Gap year is a period of time used by high school alumni to prepare themselves for continuing their education at university level. The competition that is not easy to get into college makes a gap year an option for preparing yourself. The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between self-concept and decision making in high school alumni who are undergoing a gap year. The research method used is quantitative with a Pearson's Product Moment correlational design. A total of 103 high school alumni who underwent a gap year from all regions in Indonesia were used as participants using the snowball sampling technique. The results of this study show that the variables of self-concept and decision making are positively correlated with a weak level of significance with value (r = 0.211 and sig. = 0.016). This explains that self-concept is one of the factors that can improve the decision-making ability of high school alumni who are undergoing a gap year. From the results of this research, it is hoped that high school alumni can form a good self-concept so that they become more optimistic in making decisions about undergoing a gap year.