Abstract
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of support group therapy on improving resilience among adolescents in prisons. The hypothesis tested was based on the asumption that support group therapy influenced to improving resilience of adolescents in prison. The sample include 12 convicts adolescents, consist of male, they were between 16 and 18 years old, and classified into two groups, the two groups are experiment and control group. Data were collected by resilience scale (38-aitem) which refers to resilient aspects from Connor and Davidson (2003). The effectiveness of intervention was evaluated by using a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttes and follow-up analysis. Analysis of this study consisted of quantitative and qualitative analysis. Quantitative analysis using parametric analysis of Anova Repeated Measures to determine differences in resilience to experimental group and control group after the subjects are given therapy. The qualitative analysis was done based on observations and interviews. The result of research showed there were differences in resilience between experimental group and control group after the therapy given, with value of p = 0.019 (pKey words: Support group therapy, Resilience, Adolescents.
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