Jurnal Bimbingan Konseling
Vol 7 No 1 (2018): June 2018

Effectiveness of Reality Therapy Group Counseling to Increase The Self-Esteem of Students




Article Info

Publish Date
24 Mar 2018

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of reality therapy group counseling to improve the self-esteem of State Islamic High School (MAN) Semarang City students. To purse such objective, this study used experimental method with Non-equivalent Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design. Meanwhile, there were sixteen students involved as the subjects of the study with the focus on their self-esteem (8 students joined experimental group and 8 other joined control group). Once their data were collected and analyzed by using independent sample t-test, it showed that reality therapy group counseling was effective to improve students' self-esteem (t(14) = 8,01, p < 0,01). For more, the discussion of the results of this study was directed to identify the implications of the application of reality therapy group counseling in improving students' self-esteem.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jubk

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

JBK publishes original manuscripts relating to the following: school counseling; career counseling; couple, marriage, and family counseling; mental health; counseling supervision; theory development; professional counseling ethics; international counseling and multicultural issues; program ...