The Effectiveness of Behavioral Counseling in Reducing Temperamental Behavior among Students at MTsS MUQ Pagar Air
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24114/d4qm9443Keywords:
Behavioral Counseling, Temperamental BehaviorAbstract
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of behavioral counseling in reducing students' temperamental behavior. The research employed a quantitative approach using a pre-experimental method with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The subjects consisted of 7 seventh-grade students of MTsS MUQ Pagar Air Banda Aceh who were selected through purposive sampling based on their high levels of temperamental behavior. Data were collected using a questionnaire covering the aspects of emotionality, activity, and sociability. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics, the Shapiro-Wilk normality test, paired sample t-test, and N-Gain analysis with the assistance of IBM SPSS Statistics version 25. The results showed that the mean pretest score of 66.86 decreased to 25.71 in the posttest. The paired sample t-test revealed a significance value of 0.000 < 0.05, indicating a significant difference before and after the treatment. The average N-Gain score of 0.61 was categorized as moderately effective. Therefore, behavioral counseling using the operant conditioning technique was found to be effective in reducing students' temperamental behavior. These findings are expected to encourage readers to further analyze the role of behavioral counseling services as an appropriate intervention strategy in helping students develop self-control and more adaptive behavior within the school environment.
References
Arikunto, S. (2021). Prosedur Penelitian: Suatu Pendekatan Praktik. Rineka Cipta.
Berk, L. E. (2023). Development Through the Lifespan (8th ed.). Pearson.
Corey, G. (2024). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (11th ed.). Cengage Learning.
Creswell, J. W. (2021). A concise introduction to mixed methods research. SAGE publications.
Diron, A. Z., Dharsana, I. K., & Suarni, N. K. (2023). Pengaruh Konseling Behavioral dengan Teknik Self Control dalam Meminimalisir Perilaku Agresif Peserta Didik di Sekolah Menengah Atas. Jurnal Educatio, 9(1), 446–451. https://doi.org/10.29210/1202323016
Gunarsa, S. D., & Gunarsa, Y. S. D. (2004). Psikologi Perkembangan Anak dan Remaja. BPK Gunung Mulia.
Hasibuan, R. S. N., & Siregar, A. (2023). Efektivitas Layanan Bimbingan Kelompok dengan Pendekatan Behavioristik untuk Meningkatkan Kecerdasan Emosional Siswa Kelas XI IPS MAN Asahan. Jurnal Bimbingan Konseling Indonesia, 8(2), 74–83.
Haslindah, Passalowongi, A. J. A., & Passalowongi, J. (2021). Pendekatan Konseling Behavioral dalam Penanganan Remaja Bermasalah. JUBIKOPS: Jurnal Bimbingan Konseling Dan Psikologi, 1(2), 77–86.
Indonesia, R. (2003). Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 20 Tahun 2003 tentang Sistem Pendidikan Nasional. Sekretariat Negara.
Mishra, P., Pandey, C. M., Singh, U., Gupta, A., Sahu, C., & Keshri, A. (2019). Descriptive Statistics and Normality Tests for Statistical Data. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 22(1), 67–72. https://doi.org/10.4103/ACA.ACA_157_18
Nurwela, & Israfil. (2022). Perkembangan Emosi Remaja dan Pengaruhnya terhadap Perilaku Siswa di Sekolah. Jurnal Pendidikan Dan Konseling, 4(3), 210–218.
Papalia, D. E., & Martorell, G. (2021). Experience Human Development (15th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
Santrock, J. W. (2023). Adolescence (18th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
Sugiyono. (2017). Statistika untuk Penelitian. Alfabeta.
Sugiyono. (2019). Metode Penelitian Kuantitatif, Kualitatif, dan R&D. Alfabeta.
Sugiyono. (2022). Metode Penelitian Kuantitatif. Alfabeta.
Sundayana, R. (2020). Statistika Penelitian Pendidikan. Alfabeta.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Putri Rizka Humaira, Fakhri Yacob
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
