Knowledge of coping mechanisms is an important aspect of a teenager's life in solving problems. Adolescents who lack knowledge of coping mechanisms will tend to stay away from stressors because they cannot control themselves and do not know how to solve a problem. This can exacerbate the stressful conditions that are being experienced. To find out the description of the knowledge of class XII adolescents in coping with academic stress at SMAN 1 Cawas. This type of quantitative research with a descriptive research design, using a cross-sectional study approach. The sample of this research was 197 students of class XII at SMAN 1 Cawas with a sampling technique, namely proportional stratified random sampling. The data collection instrument used was a coping mechanism knowledge questionnaire. Research data were analyzed using frequency. The results showed that most respondents were 17 years old (58.9%) with 98 respondents (49.7%) who were male and 99 respondents (50.3%) who were female. The results of the univariate analysis showed that as many as 99 respondents (50.3%) had a sufficient level of knowledge in coping with academic stress. It is known that most adolescents have sufficient category of knowledge by knowing some of the constructive coping mechanisms and some of the destructive coping mechanisms.
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
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