Between Punishment And Discipline: Student Perceptions And The Application Of Punishment Toward Student Discipline

This research seeks to determine the relationship between student perceptions and the implementation of punishment in student discipline. This research employed a correlational quantitative approach. The research involved 131 eleventh-grade students of Palembang's senior high school. This research used a purposive sampling technique. The data was analyzed using multiple linear regression with IBM SPSS software version 22.0 for Windows. This research collected data using three scales: student perception, punishment, and discipline. The major hypothesis test yielded rx12-y = 0.601, F = 36.232, and sig < 0.05, indicating that student perceptions and punishment can predict discipline among eleventh-grade high school students in Palembang. Therefore, students' perceptions of discipline and punishment constitute an effective 36.1% contribution to student discipline, with the remaining 63.9% influenced by variables outside of the research. The first hypothesis test yielded rx1-y = 0.251 with a significance level of <0.05. It means there is a significant positive influence between student perceptions and discipline among eleventh-grade high school students in Palembang, with a 29% effective contribution to punishment. The second hypothesis test yielded rx2-y = 0.499, with a significance level of <0.05. It means that the punishment significantly positively influences student discipline among eleventh-grade high school students in Palembang, with an effective contribution of 7%.