@misc{eprints27426,
           month = {Juli},
           title = {THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS? SELF-ESTEEM AND THEIR WRITING ABILITY AT SECOND GRADE OF SMAN 1 PRINGSEWU},
          author = {1313042058 NUR KHOLIK },
         address = {LAMPUNG UNIVERSITY},
       publisher = {TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY},
            year = {2017},
             url = {http://digilib.unila.ac.id/27426/},
        abstract = {The objective of this research were (1) to investigate whether there is any significant correlation between students? self-esteem and their writing ability, (2) to investigate what type of self-esteem that has the highest correlation with students? writing ability, and (3) to investigate what aspect of writing that has the highest correlation with students? domain specific self-esteem.
This research was a quantitative research, and the design was ex-post facto design. This research was conducted at SMAN 1 Pringsewu in 2016/2017 academic year. Twenty eight students were taken as samples through probability sampling by using simple random sampling. The data were obtained by administering questionnaire about the students? self-esteem and writing test. The data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation in SPPS 23.0 for Windows. 
The result of the data analysis showed that there was a significant correlation between self-esteem and students? writing ability. It may happen because self-esteem makes the students be more motivated, confident, and less anxious, it also influences their behavior. It was found that domain specific self-esteem is the type of self-esteem which has the highest correlation with students? writing ability. It was also found that vocabulary is aspect of writing that has the highest correlation with students? domain specific self-esteem. Thus, the researcher claims that self-esteem influences EFL students? learning process and outcomes.
Keywords: correlation, self-esteem, writing ability.
}
}