THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPIRITUAL QUOTIENT-BASED BEHAVIORAL GROUP COUNSELING IN STRENGTHENING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE TRAITS TO OPTIMIZE STUDENTS’ HARD SKILLS

Purpose of the study: The research aims at finding how spiritual quotient-based behavioral group counseling is implemented to strengthen the creative and innovative aspects aimed at improving students’ hard skills. Methodology: The research is a qualitative method. The subject of the study is the students of the Guidance and Counseling Program at Private University in Solo Raya. The focus of the study is the implementation of spiritual quotient-based behavioral group counseling. The data are collected through interviews, observation, documentation, and test. They are validated through triangulation. They are analyzed through qualitative analysis. Main Findings: Research findings shows that the implementation of spiritual quotient-based behavioral group counseling can strengthen the creative and innovative aspects aimed at improving students’ hard skill at Guidance and Counseling Programmed at Private University in Solo Raya. It can be seen from the students’ behavior change, i.e. from uncreative and less innovative to be creative and innovative. Applications of this study: Findings of the research are useful as a reference enrichment conducting learning in guidance counseling courses especially for counseling theory. This study is also useful as a guideline for implementing group counseling practices for students and lecturers of counseling guidance at the national level because of the results of the study in terms of the implementation of the counseling technique. Novelty/Originality of this study: This research contains novelty in counseling i.e. the implementation of spiritual intelligence-based counseling to improve student hard skills, which still rarely has never been done by other researchers. This research is beneficial to advance the field of guidance and counseling, namely to increase the implementation of group counseling in building soft skills and the hard skill of students.

Menurunkan Perilaku Pelaku Perundungan Verbal Melalui Teknik Role Play Pada Siswa SMP Kristen 02 Salatiga

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui signifikansi penurunan perilaku pelaku perundungan verbal pada siswa kelas VIII di SMP Kristen 2 Salatiga melalui teknik role play dalam konseling kelompok behavioral. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian quasi experimental dengan menggunakan model pretest-posttest control group design. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 10 orang siswa menjadi subjek penelitian. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan skala perilaku pelaku perundungan verbal. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis deskriptif dan analisis uji beda dua mean (t test). Hasil penelitian terbukti bahwa layanan role play dalam konseling kelompok behavioral secara signifikan menurunkan perilaku pelaku perundungan verbal siswa. The purpose of this study was to determine the significance of decreasing behavior of verbal abuse perpetrators in grade VIII students at Christian Middle School 2 Salatiga through role play techniques in behavioral group counseling. This type of research is a quasi experimental study using a pretest-posttest control group design model. The subjects of this study were 10 students who became the research subjects. Data collection techniques use the scale of verbal abuse perpetrators. The data analysis technique used descriptive analysis and two mean test differences (t test). The results of the study prove that role play services in behavioral group counseling significantly reduce the behavior of students of verbal abuse.

Efektivitas konseling kelompok kognitif behavioral untuk meningkatkan kesadaran akademik mahasiswa

<p><em>Academic quality improvement, self-development, and lecture completion can be realized if the students have academic awareness and are able to overcome various self-obstacles. This research aims to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group counseling in increasing student academic awareness. The research type was the pre-experimental design of one group pre-test and post-test. The research sample was nine students under the guidance and counseling study program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Mulawarman University. The analysis technique used was a descriptive analysis of percentages and the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that the student academic awareness increased based on the results of the pre-test and post-test as well as cognitive-behavioral group counseling was effective in increasing academic awareness after an effectiveness test was conducted.</em></p>