Abstract:
This research is to identify the relationship between stress and self-esteem among
pre-university students in Shahputra College. It is a correlational study, where 283
sample students were selected from two major of studies, which are science and art,
using random sampling method. Research tools used to gather data for this research
is a set of questionnaires: 1) Section A: Demographic Information; 2) Section B: Hari
Stress Inventory (HSI); 3) Section C: Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI).
Results from answers to the questionnaires circulated to the students were collected
and analysed using statistical procedure in the software programme named Statistical
Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 16th version. Descriptive statistics will be
used to find the mean, frequency and percentage of respondent's gender, major of
studies, socioeconomic status, level of stress and level of self-esteem. The
relationship and difference of each variable are analysed and assessed using
Inferential Statistic: Pearson Correlation, Independent t-test and One Way ANOVA.
