I am Closer to Friends, I Feel Worthy: Santri’s Peer-Attachment and Self-Esteem

The environment in Islamic boarding schools makes students feel closer to their peers. When have closeness with peers, they will good emotional attachment and affect self-esteem. This study aims determine the effect of peer-attachment on students' used a correlational quantitative approach. participants were 174 aged 12-19 years from city Palembang, obtained through purposive sampling technique. Data analysis simple linear regression found that affects self-esteem by ∆R2 = 3.96%. Therefore, teachers pesantren authorities must pay attention peer increase among students, because results show significant positive emphasize who peers can more self-assessment.