Application of Cognitive Restructuring Techniques to Improve Academic Self-Efficacy of Junior High School Students

Abstract

This study aims to find out: (1) description of students' academic self-efficacy at SMPN 4 Bantimurung, (2) description of the implementation of cognitive restructuring techniques in increasing students' academic self-efficacy at SMPN 4 Bantimurung, (3) whether cognitive restructuring techniques can increase academic self-efficacy students at SMPN 4. The type of approach in this study uses the experimental method with a quasi-experimental design pattern. The form of design used in this study is the non-equivalent control group design. The data collection technique used in this research is the academic self-efficacy questionnaire. The samples in this study amounted to 27, the sampling technique used in determining the sample in this study was purposive sampling technique. The data analysis technique used is descriptive statistics, descriptive statistics aim to describe the data set by providing a brief description of the sample and data size and inferential statistics to estimate population values, with the use of this method, researchers expect accurate and precise measurement results using the program SPSS Version 26.0 for windows. Based on the basis of decision making in this study, namely H0 was rejected and Ha was accepted because the significance value (2-tailed) was <0.05, thus the hypothesis Ha reads that cognitive restrukcturing techniques can increase students’ academic self-efficacy at SMPN 4 Bantimurung.