The relationship between self efficacy and premarital sexual behavior among high school student in Makassar city

Abstract

This study aims to determine the relationship between self-efficacy (academic, social, emotional, spiritual and economy) with premarital sexual behavior among high school adolescents in Makassar. This research is cross-sectional design. The total sample consist of 163 female students in class IX and aged 14-18 years at SMK 8 Makassar. The respondents selected by proportionate stratified random sampling. Data were analyzed by Spearman correlation test and multiple linear regression. There is a correlation between self-efficacy academic (p=0.000 and r=-0.349), social (p=0.015 and r=-0.203), emotional (p=0.001 and r=-0.268), spiritual (p=0.000 and r=-0.532) and economic (p=0.019 and r=-0.196) with premarital sexual behavior among high school adolescents in Makassar. The spiritual self-efficacy (p<0.05) had the most influence on premarital sexual behavior among high school adolescents in Makassar City. Increasing self-efficacy can be used as a program in preventing the occurrence of premarital sexual behavior in adolescents.