Achievement of Adolescent Development, Self Identity and Knowledge about the Dangers of Drug Abuse and Free Sex Through Health Education and Therapeutic Group Therapy
<p align="center"><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p align="center"> </p><p>Adolescents whose identities have been reached tend to be more autonomous and creative, they also show a greater capacity to establish intimacy. On the other hand, if the process of achieving self-identity is experiencing obstacles, it can cause identity confusion. They can also experience various problems and have risky behaviors such as drug abuse and free sex. <strong>The purpose </strong>of this study is to improve the ability of adolescents to achieve their development, identity, and to increase adolescent knowledge about the dangers of drug abuse and free sex. <strong>Method </strong>used was <em>quasi-experimental </em>with <em>pretest-posttest </em>using <em>purposive sampling</em> technique<em> </em>on 21 teenagers at 49 Junior High School, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta . <strong>Results </strong>of the study are: (1)<strong> </strong>level of knowledge before and after intervention is obtained (6.76 ± 1.51 to 8.62 ± 1.59); (2) adolescent development before and after the intervention (42.57 ± 10.3 to 42 , 71 ± 2.95) with a significance level of 0.94 (t-test); (3) adolescent identity before and after the intervention (79.14 ± 13.41 - 86.43 ± 10.35) with a significance level of 0.01 (t-test). Based on the results of the study, it was <strong>concluded</strong> that there is no relationship between adolescent Therapeutic Group Therapy (TGT) with adolescent development, and there is a relationship between adolescent TGT and health education on identity and knowledge about the dangers of drug abuse and free sex.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br /></strong></p>