Framework: The Effect Of Friendship Quality And Self-Esteem On Happiness In Late Teenage Students

Abstract

Every individual is certainly inseparable from problems, be it personal problems or social problems that can affect to individual happiness. This problem also occurs in late teenage who are studying in college. In late teenage girls more often experience feelings of sadness, fear, and anxiety. The level of student happiness is influenced by friendship. This is shown by the phenomenon that occurs in students who experience sadness when they have friendship problems. In addition, self-esteem also affects their happiness. This is shown that the student feels less happy when unable to show his existence.

This study aims to find out the influence of the quality of friendship and self-esteem on happiness in the students of late teenage.

This research uses quantitative research types with survey methods.  228 female students are subject of this study. The scales used in the study are The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) Scale, The Friendship Quality (FQUA) Scale, and The Self Esteem Inventory (SEI) Scale. The data analysis used in this study is a multiple linear regression test.