Journal of Contemporary Guidance and Counseling

Expressive Writing Techniques Group Counseling Services to Improve The Ability of Students’ Angry Emotions

Norma Etika Sari, Tika Febriyani, Ratna Widyastuti — Mon, 08 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Currently there are many students who are not able to express their angry emotions in a good way without harming those around them. This study was conducted to improve the ability of students’ angry emotions using expressive writing technique group counseling services. This experimental study used pretest-posttest group design and used a scale of the ability of anger emotion. Then, the data was analyzed by using the Wilcoxon Test. The results obtained Z_count : 2.201> Z_table : 1.645. It means that there was a difference between the scores of students' ability to manage angry emotions before and after being given treatment of expressive writing techniques group counseling services. Based on the result above, it can be concluded that the ability of student’s anger management can be improved by expressive writing techniques group counseling services. The results of this study are expected to be a solution for teachers in improving the ability to manage students' angry emotions. In addition, further researchers are expected to be able to include variables that affect the management of angry emotions such as gender or psychotic disorders that arise and pay attention to the composition of the balance of the number of men and women who will become group members, in order to maintain the dynamics of the implementation of guidance.

Religious Understanding , Radicalism Behavior, and Its Correlation

Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The purpose of this study were to find out how the religious understanding, radicalism behavior, and the correlation between religious understanding and radicalism behavior. Quantitative research methods and literature study were used in this study, while the data collection techniques were questionnaires, documentation, interviews, and observations. This study involved 236 student of Politeknik Negeri Media Kreatif Jakarta. Simple linear regression test was used to analyze the data. The data analysis shown that the score of students' religious understanding and radicalism behavior was higher than deviation standard, there was a correlation between the variable of religious understanding and radicalism behavior. It can be concluded that students’ religious understanding was very good, students’ radicalism behavior was high, and there was a negative correlation between the variable of religious understanding and the variable of radicalism behavior. It means that the better the students' religious understanding, the lower the radicalism behavior. Conversely, the lower students' religious understanding, the higher the radicalism behavior. Some suggestion for further research is respondents should be expanded not only in DKI Jakarta Province but also throughout Indonesia and analyze other factors that contribute to radicalism behavior.

Teachers Knowledge about Disaster Preparedness: A Case Studies in Disaster Risk area

Akmala Maghfiro, Ratna Widiastuti, Mujiyati — Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Knowledge of disaster preparedness is become one of the most important factors that must be owned by all residents living in disaster risk areas. This study was conducted to describe teacher knowledge about disaster preparedness in SMKN 1 Kalianda, South Lampung. This study used descriptive quantitative study with data analysis techniques using descriptive percentage analysis. The technique used in data collection was questionnaire. The results from this research are 88.46% of respondents have high knowledge of disaster preparedness, 11.54% are in medium level also none are in low level. This result showed that teachers in SMKN 1 Kalianda have understood the concept of disaster preparedness and knows what to do when a disaster happen. Teachers’ knowledge about preparedness is supported by some supporting factors, such as school position, teacher awareness, experience, and socialization that have been provided by disaster institutions. In addition, there are differences in knowledge levels between female teachers and male teachers caused by differences in the number of female and male teacher respondents, empathy levels and resilience.

Strengthen Students’ Moral through Islamic Therapy Using Emotional Spiritual Quotient Practicum Module

Eka Kurniawati, Yusmansyah, Rohani, Syarifah Nurbaiti — Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This study was motivated by the non-uniformity of the implementation of the practice of Islamic religious education courses due to the absence of a practicum module that could improve character building for Muslim students at the Universitas Lampung. The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the design concept of the Emotional Spiritual Quotient (ESQ) practicum module which includes Islamic Therapy in shaping the morals of students. This study was descriptive qualitative. Primary and secondary data were used in this study. Primary data was obtained from interviews, while secondary data was obtained from reference sources which were used as reinforcement. The design concept of the ESQ practicum module in the form of Islamic therapy produced was a combination of intellectual (IQ), emotional (EQ), and Spiritual (SQ) intelligence which includes the process of forming eight strengths to make students good (The 8 Powers of Doing Good). The design of this ESQ practicum module contains Islamic Therapy in shaping student morality, using a cognitive therapy approach with Islamic spiritual psychotherapy tools. Through the design of this module, it is hoped that each individual student can understand his or her self-conception including their physical and psychological needs and also have the ability to fulfill the requirements as a khalifahtullah.

Analysis of Guidance and Counseling Services in Overcoming Students' Learning Difficulties during The Covid-19 Pandemic

Yohana Oktaria, Yusmansyah, Redi Eka Andriyanto — Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Guidance and counseling services at schools are very necessary because every student at school can be sure to have problems, both personal problems and problems in learning, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine whether school guidance and counseling services in overcoming student’s learning difficulties have been effective or not during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study was descriptive quantitative and conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Bandar Lampung for the Academic Year 2021/2022. Data collection technique in this study used a questionnaire consisting of 23 question items. The results of the questionnaire showed that as many as 6 services were categorized as good and 1 was categorized as poor. Services that were categorized as good include information services, placement and distribution, group guidance, consultation, mediation, and orientation. Meanwhile, the service which is categorized as less good was individual counseling service. Thus, it can be concluded that the implementation of guidance and counseling services at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Bandar Lampung in the 2021/2022 Academic Year in general has been good in overcoming student learning difficulties during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it is necessary to improve the individual counseling services.