Jurnal Bimbingan Konseling
Vol 7 No 1 (2018): June 2018

Effectiveness of Reality Therapy Group Counseling to Increase The Self-Esteem of Students

Rosidi, Rosidi (Unknown)
Sutoyo, Anwar (Unknown)
Purwanto, Edy (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Mar 2018

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of reality therapy group counseling to improve the self-esteem of State Islamic High School (MAN) Semarang City students. To purse such objective, this study used experimental method with Non-equivalent Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design. Meanwhile, there were sixteen students involved as the subjects of the study with the focus on their self-esteem (8 students joined experimental group and 8 other joined control group). Once their data were collected and analyzed by using independent sample t-test, it showed that reality therapy group counseling was effective to improve students' self-esteem (t(14) = 8,01, p < 0,01). For more, the discussion of the results of this study was directed to identify the implications of the application of reality therapy group counseling in improving students' self-esteem.

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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 ...