Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies

The learning load is a form of academic stress faced by students, especially facing the final semester as an assessment system at school. The learning load in pesantren tends to be heavier than ordinary school students, so students are required to have an effective learning strategy to face the final assessment. The theory of self-efficacy was offered by Bandura (1977) to control the academic stress faced by students can achieve graduation. This study is crucial, to whether the academic stress and self-efficacy of Muhammadiyah Islamic boarding school students in the final semester assessment. The purpose of the study is to analyse the relationship between academic stress and self-efficacy facing final semester assessment. Quantitative research methods are used with a survey approach. The research location is at the Darul Arqom Muhammadiyah Islamic Boarding School, Serang City. The sample used a total sampling of 40 respondents, the analysis used quantitative description while the analysis technique used simple regression and correlation. The research results showed a negative relationship significance between academic stress and the self-efficacy of students, where the greater the academic stress, the lower the self-efficacy of students and vice versa so it could prove the Bandura theory of self-efficacy. The research implications of academic stress can be controlled by better self-confidence. Further research is related to factors contributing to academic stress that can inform educational policies and practices.