THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF NATIONAL HISTORY, THE INTEREST IN THE STUDY OF HISTORY, AND THE CONCIOUSNESS OF HISTORY WITH NASIONALISM ATTITUDES

This study aimed to find out wether there is any the relationship between the understanding of Indonesian national history, the interest in the study of history, and the relationship between the history conciousness with the nationalism attitude. The research sample comprised 132 people. The data were collected through a test and a questionnaire. The test was administered to collect data on the understanding of Indonesian national history, while the questionnaire was distributed to collect the data of interest on the learning history, history awareness, and nationalism attitude. The instrument validity was assessed by product moment correlation and the reliability by KR-21 and Cronbach's Alpha formulas. Tests of analysis assumptions consisted of tests of normality, linearity, and multicollinearity. The hypotheses were tested using Pearson's product moment correlation and multiple correlation with relative and effective contributions. The results of the study show that: there is a significant positive relationship between the understanding of Indonesian national history and the nationalism attitude. There is a significant positive relationship between the history learning interest and the nationalism attitude. There is a significant positive relationship between the history awareness and the nationalism attitude. There is a significant positive relationship between the understanding of Indonesian national history, history learning interest, and history awareness as an aggregate and the nationalism attitude.