The Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Academic Buoyancy in Grade XI Students

This study departed from the phenomenon of high daily academic pressure faced by eleventh-grade students amid ongoing curriculum policy changes, which gave rise to variation in students' capacity to recover from routine academic setbacks. This study aimed to examine the relationship between self-efficacy and academic buoyancy among eleventh-grade students at SMA Negeri 13 Palembang. A quantitative correlational approach was employed, involving a sample of 195 students drawn from a population of 429 students through cluster random sampling. Data were collected using two self-constructed Likert scales and subsequently analyzed using the Pearson Product Moment correlation technique after the data were confirmed to meet the assumptions of normality and linearity. The results revealed a positive and significant relationship between self-efficacy and academic buoyancy (r = 0.730; p < 0.01), reflecting a strong correlation with a contribution of 53.2%. These findings confirmed that students' self-belief played an important role in shaping their capacity to withstand everyday academic challenges, indicating that strengthening self-efficacy could serve as an effective strategy to support students' psychological well-being in the school environment.