Jurnal Bimbingan Konseling
Vol 12 No 1 (2023): Regular Issue

The Effectiveness of Reality Group Counseling to Improve the Self-Esteem of Students with Low Body Image

Prastika, Berty Surya (Unknown)
Eddy Wibowo, Mungin (Unknown)
Purwanto, Edy (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2023

Abstract

Low body image is potential to cause students have low self-esteem and poor learning concentration. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of reality group counseling with a classroom meeting and metaphor techniques to improve the self-esteem of students with low body image in Senior High School or SMA grade. During the investigation, the classroom meeting and metaphor techniques were given for four sessions in a framework of a pretest and posttest method analyzed using a Wilcoxon test. In addition, the subjects were the 8 students at SMAN 1 Maospati sampled from 320 total students. Findings showed that the group counseling with a classroom meeting technique was able to improve the self-esteem of the students with low body image. Thus, school counselors are suggested to adopt this treatment to deal with similar issue. Group counseling, classroom meeting, self-esteem, body image,

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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 ...