<![CDATA[Empathy is important in building positive social relationships among students. This study aimed to describe changes in students' empathy scores after they participated in group guidance services using the role playing technique at SMAN 10 Surabaya. The study employed a quantitative approach with a pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. From a population of 36 tenth-grade students, six students categorized as having low empathy were selected purposively. Data were collected using a 35-item, four-option Likert-scale questionnaire that measured understanding of others' feelings, appreciation, caring, cooperation, and positive responses toward others. The intervention was conducted over six sessions. The mean empathy score increased from 68.17 on the pretest to 122.17 on the posttest. The Wilcoxon test showed a significant difference (Asymp. Sig. = 0.027) with a large effect size (r ≈ 0.90). Thus, empathy scores increased after the intervention. However, the small number of participants and the absence of a control group mean that these findings do not yet establish a causal relationship; therefore, they need to be tested in further research with a larger sample.]]>
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