Jurnal Psikologi Tabularasa
Vol. 20 No. 2 (2025): OKTOBER 2025

Can self-esteem mediate social support and self-adjustment in adolescents?

Witadi, Jihan Tamara Khairunnisa (Unknown)
Rusdiana, Fendi Krisna (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Nov 2025

Abstract

The background of this study is based on the importance of social support and self-esteem in the adaptation process of adolescents, especially in the context of life in pesantren. This study aimed to examine the effect of social support on adolescent self-adjustment with self-esteem as a mediating variable. The participants of this study were 120 santris who completed three psychological scales: social support, self-esteem, and self-adjustment. Data were analyzed using path analysis with JASP software version 0.19.3. The results showed that social support significantly influenced self-adjustment both directly (β = 0.399; p < 0.001) and indirectly through self-esteem as a partial mediator (β = 0.171; p < 0.001), with a total effect of β = 0.570 (p < 0.001). These findings highlight the important role of social support in promoting adolescents' adjustment, both directly and through improving self-esteem, and suggest the importance of strengthening the social support system in the home education environment.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpt

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Subject

Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Psikologi Tabularasa is a scientific periodical journal issued by the Faculty of Psychology, University of Merdeka Malang. It is published twice a year, in April and October. The journal's scopes include clinical psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology, and industrial & ...