Dampak Self-Efficacy terhadap Penurunan Akademik Prokrastinasi Siswa

Abstract

The phenomenon of academic procrastination is still commonly experienced by junior high school students, who tend to delay completing assignments due to low self-efficacy. This study aimed to determine the effect of self-efficacy on the level of academic procrastination among eighth-grade students at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Kalasan in the 2025/2026 academic year. The study employed a quantitative approach with a correlational research design. The participants were eighth-grade students who exhibited a high tendency toward academic procrastination. Data were collected using Likert-scale questionnaires, namely the General Self-efficacy Scale (GSE) and the Academic Procrastination Scale (APS). Validity testing was conducted using the Pearson product-moment correlation technique, while reliability testing was performed using Cronbach’s alpha. Data were analyzed using simple linear regression to examine the effect of the two variables. The results indicated that self-efficacy had a negative and significant effect on students’ academic procrastination, with a significance value of 0.001 (p < 0.05), a correlation coefficient of R = -0.688, and a contribution of 47.4% (R² = 0.474). These findings suggest that the higher the students’ self-efficacy, the lower their level of academic procrastination. The results of this study are expected to serve as a reference for school counselors in designing strategies to strengthen students’ self-efficacy in order to reduce academic procrastination.