Problem focused coping sangat dibutuhkan oleh mahasiswa semester akhir, hal tersebut dikarenakan mahasiswa semester akhir sering menghadapai tantangan akademik dan non-akademik yang mempengaruhi keadaan mereka terutama dalam pemilihan coping yang tepat. Problem focused coping merupakan bentuk tindakan seseorang yang digunakan untuk mencari solusi yang relevan serta menyelesaikan masalah dengan tujuan untuk mengurangi beban tekanan yang dimiliki. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji secara empiris, adakah pengaruh efikasi diri terhadap problem focused coping, adakah pengaruh perceived social support terhadap problem focused coping dan adakah pengaruh efikasi diri dan perceived social support terhadap problem focused coping. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan analisis regresi berganda. Populasi dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 36.099 orang dengan sampel 351 orang. Adapun cara pengambilan sampel dalam penelitian ini menggunakan tekhnik accidental sampling. Sedangkan analisis datanya menggunakan bantuan aplikasi SPSS 26 for Windows. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan adanya pengaruh efikasi diri dan perceived social support terhadap problem focused coping pada mahasiswa semester akhir di kota Semarang. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari koefisien determinasi sebesar 0,481. Artinya bahwa efikasi diri dan perceived social support menyumbang sebesar 48,1% terhadap problem focused coping dan sisanya dipengaruhi oleh factor lain yang tidak diteliti oleh peneliti.

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Problem focused coping is really needed by final semester students, this is because final semester students often face academic and non-academic challenges that affect their situation, especially in selecting the right coping. Problem focused coping is a form of someone's action that is used to find relevant solutions and solve problems with the aim of reducing the burden of pressure one has. This study aims to test empirically, is there an influence of self-efficacy on problem focused coping, is there an influence of perceived social support on problem focused coping and is there an influence of self-efficacy and perceived social support on problem focused coping. This study uses a quantitative approach with multiple regression analysis. The population in this study amounted to 36,099 people with a sample of 351 people. As for the way of taking samples in this study using accidental sampling technique. While the data analysis uses the SPSS 26 for Windows application. The results of this study indicate the influence of self-efficacy and perceived social support on problem focused coping in final semester students in the city of Semarang. This can be seen from the coefficient of determination of 0.481. This means that self-efficacy and perceived social support contribute 48.1% to problem focused coping and the rest are influenced by other factors not examined by researchers.