THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-EFFICACY AND ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG FINAL-GRADUATE STUDENTS AT STKIP PGRI TRENGGALEK

Abstract

Students who are writing their thesis are very vulnerable to experiencing stress. The causes can come from external or internal demands which can change the psychological and physical condition of students. The aim of this research is to find out whether there is a relationship between self-efficacy and academic stress in final students working on their thesis at STKIP PGRI Trenggalek. This type of research is descriptive quantitative where it uses a purposive sampling technique, the researcher chose this technique because this method allows the researcher to selectively choose samples that are considered the most selective for research purposes. This technique also makes it possible to gain in-depth insight into the phenomenon under study by focusing on groups or individuals who have the specific information needed. The respondents used were 88 students who were final semester students who were working on their thesis in semester 8. The data collection instrument used a self-efficacy questionnaire which was made in form and distributed to respondents via the WhatsApp application. The descriptive statistical analysis method with correlational test results found that there was a significant relationship between self-efficacy and academic stress with value p=0,0616 (>0,05). The correlation coefficient (r) from this hypothesis test is 0,055. This proves that the hypothesis proposed by the researcher can be accepted as proven by the results of this research, namely that self-efficacy has a significant relationship with academic stress.