AKSENS Application as Virtual Counseling Encouraging Ideal Educational Characters to Reduce Student Mental Health Decline

Abstract

The mental health condition of students during the COVID-19 pandemic has decreased a lot. Various efforts have been made by counselors to help students reduce academic stress and anxiety, one of which is providing online counseling services. However, online counseling that has been used is still not application-based, especially to prevent and cure mental health setbacks in students. Therefore, this study aims to develop the AKSENS application as a medium for handling student mental health setbacks. The design of this research is the development of the ADDIE model. The research subjects are guidance and counseling experts, IT experts, counselors and students of SMA N egeri 9 Malang. The data collection stage uses questionnaires and interviews with counselors and students. Data analysis used quantitative and qualitative data analysis. The results of the material test are 86.5%, IT experts are 85%, counselor and student user tests are 84.1 %, meaning that it can be concluded that the AKSENS application is very suitable to be used as an online counseling service for counselors and students in schools