PENGARUH SHOLAT DHUHA BERJAMA’AH TERHADAP KARAKTER RELIGIUS SISWA DI MADRASAH TSANAWIYAH NEGERI 1 BALIKPAPAN

Abstract

Religious character education serves as a fundamental pillar in cultivating students' virtuous character in the face of globalization difficulties.  A method of executing religious-based character education in schools is via the practice of worship, exemplified as communal Dhuha prayer.  This research seeks to assess the impact of the communal Dhuha prayer on the religious character of students at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri 1 Balikpapan.  This study employs a quantitative research methodology.  The study's participants were 30 pupils from grade IX, selected from a total of 272 individuals.  The data collecting tool used was a 4-point Likert scale, which was analyzed using basic descriptive statistical methods.  Data collection was conducted using questionnaires and observations.  The findings indicated that the execution of communal Dhuha prayer was successful, with a rate of 46.66%, while the students' religious character was rated as very excellent, with a percentage of 55.33%.  The findings of the simple linear regression analysis indicated that congregational Dhuha prayer exerted a positive and statistically significant impact on students' religious character, accounting for 16.1% of the variance, while 83.9% of students' religious character was influenced by unexamined variables, with a significance level of 0.028, which is less than 0.05.  Consequently, the practice of communal Dhuha prayer at educational institutions may serve as an excellent technique for regularly cultivating students' religious character.