Abstract
The purpose of this study was to decide whether the Solution Focused Brief Therapy group counseling could improve the career choice decision-making ability. This study applies a quasi-experimental approach with a population of 47 students at the Muhammadiyah 1 Palangkaraya Senior High School. The sample amounted to sixteen people takes purposefully from the results of the Likert scale of career choice with low understanding criteria in career choice and the results of the recommendations of counseling guidance teachers in schools. The research data were collected by several data collection instruments, namely scales, observations, and a checklist of students' problems. The results of the experimental group's statistical analysis showed that the significance value of the t-test value was -1,700, with a significance level of 0.234. Because T count 1,894, the null hypothesis test is accepted, and the alternative hypothesis test rejects. While in the control group, the significance of the t-test value was 0.823, with a significance level of 0.438. The T count <T table (df = 7) with a value of 0.823 <1.894 then, the nulled hypothesis test is accepted. From the results of the two groups, there was a more significant influence on the solution-focused therapy group's counseling services than the group counseling without using techniques on students' ability to make career choice decisions.
Highlights
Students at the high school level have an age range of fifteen to eighteen years
Research variables that will seek are the Ability of Career Choice Decision Making, and Solution Focused Brief Counseling
The researchers concluded that from all the analysis results, it could see that the solution-focused brief therapy group counseling can improve career choice decision-making skills
Summary
Students at the high school level have an age range of fifteen to eighteen years. Adolescence is often prone to changes in various fields, both personal, social, learning, and career. During this period, there will be many changes concerning psychosocial relationships with parents and dreams of the future. Along with the diverse development of adolescents, adolescents are too faced with various problems. As a part of the school, students cannot avoid multiple issues such as individual problems: learning problems, self-confidence, self-esteem. Group problems: adjustment, bullying, romance [1]. Individuals as unique individuals have many differences, such as intellectual abilities, personalities, self-development, characteristics, and diverse needs, and cannot equate
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