Ego State Therapy (EST) and Systemic Desensitization (SD) to Reduce School Refusal among Senior High School Students

Abstract

This paper compared Ego State Theraphy (EST), Systematic Desensitization (SD), and the combination of both treatments to reduce school refusal among high school students. It employed experimental approach with pretest‑posttest control group design. It used Scale Revised‑Child (SRS‑RC). It took 40 high school students in Surabaya. The data were analyzed one‑path anava. It concludes that first, school refusal declining in the subjects of experimental group which underwent EST, SD, and SDEST are significantly different from control group. Second, the three strategies tested in this research are more effective in reducing the symtomps of school refusal. Third, subjects in experiment group with SDEST strategy have sustained a decline in school refusal score greater than subjects in experiment groups which underwent single strategy