Correlation of shyness towards self-esteem on high school students in bulukumba

Self-esteem is important for individual development especially for students who are adolescence. This research aims to determine the correlation of shyness towards self-esteem, the differences of self-esteem and shyness on male students and female students, and the differences of self-esteem and shyness of the students in the countryside and in the city. This research involved 300 students as participants, 150 students of SMA Negeri 11 Bulukumba and 150 students of SMA Negeri 1 Bulukumba. This research uses product moment Pearson test and independent sample t-test. The results of this research show that there was correlation of shyness towards self-esteem (r=-0,568, p=0,000), there was no self-esteem differences of male students and female students (p=0,633), and there was no self-esteem differences of male students and female students (p=0,936). This research also shows that there were no self-esteem differences of students in the city and in the country side (p=0,116) and there were shyness differences of students in the city and in the country side (p=0,000). This result of this research helps the students in the country side to be active in intra curricular and extracurricular.