Relationship Between Academic Self-efficacy and Cyberloafing Behavior Among College Students in Malang City

One of the negative impacts of increasing internet use in online lectures is cyberloafing. Cyberloafing is the behavior of using the internet for nonacademic purposes. The level of cyberloafing can be influenced by their self-confidence in their abilities in the academic field or what is known as academic self-efficacy. The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between academic self-efficacy and cyberloafing behavior among students in Malang City. This research is correlational quantitative research. The research subjects were taken by purposive sampling, a total of 405 students. Data collection instruments used The Five Factor Cyberloafing Scale with 29 of 30 items are valid and reliable (a = .991) and the Academic Self-Efficacy Scale with 27 items (a = .945). The results of hypothesis testing using Spearman Rank can be concluded that there is a negative and significant relationship between academic self-efficacy and cyberloafing in students (r(403) = -0.782 p<0.001). This shows that the higher the student’s academic self-efficacy score, the lower the cyberloafing behavior will be. Keywords: academic self-efficacy, cyberloafing, college students