Abstract

Adolescents are groups that are vulnerable to academic stress. Academic stress will have a negative impact on high school youth, especially grade XII if it is not handled properly. Efforts to reduce academic stress can be done by increasing the internal and external factors of adolescents, namely self-efficacy and peer social support. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and peer social support with academic stress on adolescents in grade XII at SMA Negeri 8 Denpasar. This research is descriptive correlational study with a cross-sectional approach. The sample is 206 teenagers of grade XII obtained by using probability sampling with proportional stratified random sampling technique. This study used the Educational Stress Academic for Adolescent (ESSA), General Self-Efficacy (GSE), and Student Academic Support Scale (SASS) questionnaires. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and Spearman Rank. The results of the univariate analysis showed that 47,6% had moderate academic stress, 50,5% had moderate self-efficacy, and 50,5% had moderate peer social support. The results of the bivariate analysis showed that there was significant relationship between self-efficacy and academic stress (p value = 0,002) and there was significant relationship between peer social support and academic stress (p value = 0,011). The conclusion of this study is that self-efficacy and peer social support can affect the occurrence of academic stress.

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