The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of group counseling with cognitive behavior therapy approach using passive music therapy technique to reduce the academic anxiety of students who is writing thesis. The research used quasi-experimental design (pretest, posttest, and follow-up). Group counseling was conducted for five meetings, and follow-up was performed two weeks after the treatment. Research subjects were seven students. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the subjects, that is based on inclusion criteria and level of academic anxiety which is obtained from academic anxiety scale (rxy = 0.536-0.823, coefficient alpha = 0.963). The results showed that group counseling with cognitive behavior therapy approach using passive music therapy technique was significantly effective to reduce the students' academic anxiety in pretest vs. posttest and pretest vs followup, but in posttest vs. follow-up there was a slight increase in academic anxiety. Passive music therapy which is integrated into group counseling with cognitive behavior counseling approach, it is not only able to solve the individual problems but also able to help individuals to analyze their thoughts and behaviors through passive music activities with guided imagery.Abstrak: Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui efektivitas pelaksanaan konseling kelompok pendekatan cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) dengan teknik passive music therapy dalam mereduksi academic anxiety mahasiswa penyusun skripsi. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain quasi-eksperimental (pretest, posttest, dan follow-up). Konseling kelompok dilaksanakan selama lima pertemuan, dan follow-up dilakukan dua minggu setelah treatment. Subjek penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu tujuh mahasiswa. Pemilihan subjek menggunakan teknik purposive sampling yaitu didasarkan pada kriteria inklusi dan tingkat academic anxiety yang diperoleh dari academic anxiety scale (rxy = 0.536-0.823, coefficient alpha = 0.963). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa konseling kelompok pendekatan CBT dengan teknik passive music therapy secara signifikan efektif untuk mereduksi academic anxiety mahasiswa pada saat pretest vs posttest dan pretest vs follow-up, namun pada saat posttest vs follow-up terjadi sedikit peningkatan academic anxiety. Passive music therapy yang diintegrasikan dalam konseling kelompok pendekatan CBT tidak hanya dapat mengatasi masalah individu, tetapi juga dapat membantu individu menganalisis pikiran dan perilaku mereka sendiri, melalui aktivitas musik pasif dengan guided imagery.

The purpose of this research is to know the effectiveness of counseling group implementation of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) approach with passive and active music therapy technique in reducing academic anxiety millennials students. This study used quasi-experimental design with repeated measures (pretest, posttest, and follow-up). Group counseling was conducted for 5 meetings (@ 100 minutes), and follow-up was performed after 2 weeks of treatment. Research subjects used in this study are 14 millennials generation millennials students divided into two groups. The results showed that during pretest vs. posttest, CBT group counseling with passive was more effective for reducing academic anxiety compared to active music therapy. In pretest vs follow-up, active was more effective for reducing academic anxiety compared with passive music therapy. Furthermore, posttest vs. follow-up, active was more effective for reducing academic anxiety compared with passive music therapy with an increased academic anxiety after two weeks of treatment.

The lack of method in improve student self-confidence was the background of this study. The researchers was investigating the effect of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy group counseling with self-instruction and cognitive restructuring techniques to improve students' self-confidence. The research method used was pretest and posttest design quasi-experiment, test design repeated measure ANOVA by involving 16 students as sample who were selected by random sampling from 75 students. The results showed that cognitive restructuring and self-instruction technique is effective to improve the self-confidence. After comparing the the result of both techniques, self-instruction was higher than cognitive restructuring technique to improve students' self-confidence.

<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>This research is a new breakthrough in Indonesia, which integrates the approach of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) - as a conventional counseling approach with music therapy as expressive techniques in counseling. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of group counseling service implementation of CBT with active music therapy technique to improving self-efficacy of millennials students. This study used quasi-experimental design (pretest, posttest, and follow-up). Group counseling was conducted for 5 meetings (each meeting was 100 minutes), and follow-up was performed after 2 weeks of treatment. Subject selection using purposive sampling technique that is based on inclusion criteria and level of self-efficacy obtained from self-efficacy scale. The results of this research showed that group counseling of CBT with active music therapy technique was significantly effective in improving self-efficacy of millennials<em> </em>students at pretest vs. posttest, pretest vs. follow-up, and posttest vs. follow-up.</p><p><strong>Abstrak: </strong>Penelitian ini merupakan terobosan baru di Indonesia yang mengintegrasikan pendekatan <em>Cognitive Behavior Therapy</em> (CBT) - sebagai pendekatan konseling konvensional dengan <em>music therapy</em> sebagai<em> expressive techniques in counseling</em>. Tujuan penelitian ini ialah untuk mengetahui efektivitas konseling kelompok CBT dengan teknik <em>active music therapy</em> untuk meningkatkan <em>self-efficacy</em> mahasiswa <em>millennials </em>penyusun skripsi. Penelitian ini meng­gunakan desain quasi-eksperimental (<em>pretest</em>, <em>posttest</em>, dan <em>follow-up</em>). Konseling kelompok dilaksanakan selama 5 pertemuan (tiap pertemuan 100 menit), dan <em>follow-up</em> dilakukan setelah 2 minggu diberikan <em>treatment</em>. Pemilihan subjek menggunakan teknik <em>purposive sampling</em> didasarkan pada kriteria inklusi dan tingkat <em>self-efficacy</em> yang diperoleh dari <em>self-efficacy scale</em>. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa konseling kelompok pendekatan CBT dengan teknik <em>active music therapy </em>secara signifikan efektif untuk meningkatkan <em>self-efficacy</em> mahasiswa <em>millennials</em> pada saat <em>pretest vs. posttest</em>, <em>pretest vs. follow-up</em>, dan <em>posttest vs. follow-up</em>. </p>

AbstrakPenelitian ini hendak mengetahui keefektifan layanan penguasaan konten teknik homeroom untuk meningkatkan kemampuan komunikasi siswa sekolah menengah pertama. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian pre-eksperimen one group pretest and posttest design kepada siswa kelas VII A SMP Negeri 22 Semarang dengan tingkat kemampuan komunikasi sedang. Hasil penelitian dengan menggunakan analisis deskriptif presentase dan uji beda (T-Test) menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan komunikasi siswa menengah pertama (SMP) meningkat secara signifikan (t(35)= -9,721, p<0,05) melalui layanan penguasaan konten teknik homeroom. Dengan ditandai siswa lebih terbuka terhadap temannya, siswa memiliki empati, peka dengan situasi kelas, tidak memilihmilih teman, memberikan dukungan kepada teman-teman. Dengan demikian layanan penguasaan konten teknik homeroom efektif untuk meningkatkan kemampuan komunikasi siswa menengah pertama. AbstractThis research is about to find out the effectiveness of the service content mastery techniques to improve communication capability homeroom students junior high school. This research use the pre-built design research experiments using one group pretest and posttest design. The subject of research is the grade VII A SMP Negeri Semarang 22 with the level of communication skills. The results of research using the descriptive analysis and test different percentage (T-Test) shows that the ability of communication first intermediate students (JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL) increased significantly (t (35) = 9.721 >, p 0.05) through the services content mastery techniques homeroom. With marked students more open to his friend, students have empathy, sensitive situation with class, not choosing their friends, provide support to friends. Thus the services content mastery techniques to improve effective homeroom communication junior high students.

Implementation of the 2013 curriculum will create problems for high school learners who can not afford in choosing the right direction of subject groups and subjects appropriately, so that will cause difficulties in learning and tendency to fail in learning. The determination of the direction of the subject group and the subjects should be in accordance with the general basic skills (intelligence), talents, interests and preferences of each learner so that the learning process goes well and the tendency to succeed in learning. Therefore, the guidance and counseling service in the direction of the subject group and the subject is very necessary for the learner to be able to make choices according to his potential ability and the possibility of success in learning.

Ethnic identity is an important component of the self-concept, which contributes to the formation of attitudes toward other groups. The current study focuses on Javanese and Chinese as two ethnic groups who are majority and minorities in Indonesia, purpose to investigate the direct and indirect effect between ethnic identity and othergroup orientation moderated by ethnicity. The multi-group ethnic identity measure (MEIM) was administered to 300 high school students (Javanese students N= 157; Chinese students, N= 143) and analyzed using Hayes PROCESS software. The results show that ethnic identity and ethnicity have direct effect on other-group orientation. Ethnicity also has significant effect as a moderator. These findings have implication to development guidance and counseling programs and improve other-group orientation on Javanese and Chinese students.

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