Karambol Self Control: Media Bimbingan Kelompok untuk Kontrol Diri Anak Panti Asuhan

Rahmad Fardiamsyah (Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya)
Putri Tholhah Nabillah (Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya)
Rahmah Widya Putri (Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya)
Roichatul Jannah (Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya)
Sarah Talita Primadani (Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya)
Septia Dwi Permatasari (Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya)
Tri Rahmawati (Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya)
Yolanda Deanita Risang Ayu (Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya)
Yuyun Dwi Pangestu Hidayati (Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya)
Zulfa Rahmatika (Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya)
Moesarofah Moesarofah (Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya)
Cindy Asli Pravesti (Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya)

Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat (ABDIRA)
Vol 6, No 4 (2026): Abdira, Oktober

Low self-control during adolescence may hinder children’s social adjustment, particularly among children living in orphanages. This study aimed to describe Karambol Self Control as a group-guidance medium and preliminarily examine changes in children’s self-control scores. The game adapts traditional carom with colour-coded question cards based on five self-control indicators, special cards, and a reflection stage. A one-group pretest–posttest pre-experimental design was used. The available dataset contained four matched pretest and posttest responses. Self-control was measured using a 36-item scale and analysed with a paired-samples t-test and the Wilcoxon test. The mean score increased from 88.50 to 104.00, but the change was not statistically significant (t (3) = 1.08, p = .358, dz = 0.54). Two children showed an increase and two showed a decrease. These findings are preliminary and do not establish the game’s effectiveness; further evaluation with a larger sample and a comparison group is needed.