Effectiveness of Group Counseling Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) To Reduce Abuse of Smartphones by Students

Mardatilla Mardatilla (Universitas Tadulako, Indonesia)
Hasan Hasan (Universitas Tadulako, Indonesia)
Ridwan Syahran (Universitas Tadulako, Indonesia)
Mai Zuniati (Universitas Ma'arif Lampung, Indonesia)
As’ari Latief (Stiching Azzam Aliyah, Suriname)

Grief and trauma
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): Grief and Trauma

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of group counseling services. Solution-focused brief Therapy (SFBT) to reduce smartphone abuse among students. The subjects in this study amounted to 12 samples, which became 2 groups, namely 6 samples in the experimental group and 6 samples in the control group. The data collection tool in this study was through the provision of a questionnaire on the abuse of smartphones. The data obtained was processed and analyzed using quantitative analysis, using the Mann-Whitney test. The results of the analysis show that before the provision of group counseling services, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), there are 2 students in the abuse level classifications smartphone moderate, and 4 students at the abuse level smartphone high classification. The results of the analysis using the Mann-Whitney test obtained a significance value of Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.024 < 0.05, then H0rejected Ha accepted. So, it can be proven that group counseling Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is effective in reducing smartphone misuse by students.