The THE EFFECT OF GROUP COUNSELING SERVICES USINGEXPRESSIVE WRITING TECHNIQUES REDUCING ACADEMIC STRESS ON INTROVERT STUDENTS: PENGARUH LAYANAN KONSELING KELOMPOK DENGAN TEKNIK EXPRESSIVE WRITING DALAM MEREDUKSI STRES AKADEMIK PADA SISWA INTROVERT

Melinda Yuwanka
I Wayan Dharmayana
Mayang T. Afriwilda

CONSILIA
Vol 7 No 2 (2024): Vol. 7 No. 2. 2024

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of group counseling services utilizing expressive writing techniques on the stress academic performance of introverted students. An experiment with a one-group pretest-posttest design is used in this study. The research population of class VIII students at SMP Negeri 22 Bengkulu City was 57 students. Then the sample was determined using a purposive sampling technique, totaling 9 students. Data were collected using inventories and Likert scale questionnaires. The research results show a value of t = 6.236 (p<0.05), which means that there is an influence of group counseling services with expressive writing techniques in reducing the academic stress of introverted students. Keywords: academic stress, group counseling, expressive writing techniques