Aggressiveness is defined as all kinds of behaviors meant to harm others
either physically or mentally. Empathy enables individual to understand what
other people think and feel, thus it keeps aggressive drive from being occurred.
Individual with spiritual intelligence have an ability to distinguish between good
things and bad things, thus they understand that aggressive behaviour has no
advantage especially toward others. This research aims to find out: 1. Correlation
between empathy and spiritual intelligence toward adolescent’s aggressiveness in
SMK Murni 1 Surakarta; 2. Correlation between empathy and adolescent’s
aggressiveness in SMK Murni 1 Surakarta; 3. Correlation between spiritual
intelligence and adolescent’s aggressiveness in SMK Murni 1 Surakarta.
The population of this research was the whole students of SMK Murni 1
Surakarta. Research respondents were 3 classes comprising 93 students, they were
X TKR (35 students), XI TP 2 (27 students), and XII TKR 2 (31 students),
determined by stratified random sampling. Data collection instrument used in this
research was scale of aggressiveness (r = 0,312-0,790, α = 0,934), scale of
empathy (r = 0,324-0,707, α = 0,908), and scale of spiritual intelligence (r =
0,301-0,653, α = 0,910). Data analysis technique used to examine first hypothesis
was two predictors regression analysis, then partial correlation analysis for the
second and the third hypothesis.
Based on the result of two predictors regression analysis, the value of
correlation coefficient (R) = 0,808; p = 0.000 (p Ftable
3,098. The result indicated strong significant correlation between empathy and
spiritual intelligence toward adolescent’s aggressiveness in SMK Murni 1
Surakarta. Partially indicated significant negative correlation between empathy
and adolescent’s aggressiveness in SMK Murni 1 Surakarta shown by
