The Effectiveness of Group Counseling Services Using Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Approach to Overcome Anxiety of Senior High School Students in Padang Tualang North Sumatera

Abstract

Guidance and counseling have techniques and approaches to overcome anxiety, one of which is the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy approach (hereinafter referred to as REBT). This type of research is quantitative research with experimental research design, using the design of the initial test (pretest) and final treatment (posttest). The experimental design used in this study was the experimental design of the Pre Experiment model, with the research design of The One Group Pretest-Posttest. The anxiety experienced by each group member at the pretest had a different score, with three categories of anxiety, namely high, medium, and low. The highest score was obtained 175 and the lowest score was 101. The anxiety experienced by each group member at the posttest had a different score, with two categories of anxiety, namely moderate and low.