Aggressive Behavior of Students From the Perspective of Self-Control and Islamic Boarding School (Pesantren) Culture

Abstract

Islamic boarding school or commonly called as Pesantren is one of the educational institutions in Indonesia which specifically give learning about Islam for the purpose of educating the next generation who are knowledgeable and have good moral values. Their students are mostly in the adolescent developmental-phase. Adolescence is the phase which is marked by the occurrence of problems within oneself that caused by physical and psychological changes. Problems that may occur during adolescence such as aggressiveness, possibly caused by several factors such as personal conditions and the school environment. The students who are categorized as adolescents are expected to have good morals, and able to control their emotions, despite forms of aggressiveness carried out by these students. Forms of aggressiveness that occur in boarding schoolsd include the followings: fights, the use of disrespectful words, verbal disputes, swearing and violating the rules of pesantren. These might happens because of the low understanding of students about pesantren culture and low self-control in students. This study aimed to find out how the relationship between student’s aggressiveness with self-control variables and pesantren culture. The subjects of this study were students at Manba'ul Ulum Gayau Sakti Islamic Boarding School, in Seputih Agung, Central Lampung. The data analysis method uses quantitative methods with multiple regression analysis techniques. Results of this study showed that there is a significant relationship between pesantren culture and self-control with the aggressiveness of students.