Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of behavioral counseling using assertive technique to minimize the juvenile delinquency of students. This research is an experimental research design. The study population was the eighth grade students in South Solok West Sumatra consist of 82 students using Random Sampling. Data collection methods that used in this study were a questionnaire method. Data were analyzed by t-test with SPSS 20.0 for Windows. The results showed that there are significant differences between the groups which have deviant behavior who take behavioral counseling session with a group of students who do not follow the behavioral counseling session. It could be seen from a group of students who take behavioral counseling session (133.17) compare with a group of students who do not follow behavioral counseling session (85.32), and from the analysis of t with df = 82 and 1% significance level (t = 0.053, p <0.01). So the application of behavioral counseling Training assertive techniques to minimize misbehavior is effective to reduce the juvenile delinquency of students.
Highlights
Education is a process that seeks to cultivate students to be the subject of human resources (HR)quality for human survival sustainability (Ardi, Viola, & Sukmawati, 2018; Syahniar, Ifdil, Afdal, & Ardi, 2018)
The results showed that there are significant differences between the groups which have deviant behavior who take behavioral counseling session with a group of students who do not follow the behavioral counseling session
The juvenile delinquency could be minimized by providing assertive training in behavioral counseling techniques (Boket, Bahrami, Kolyaie, & Hosseini, 2016; Parray & Kumar, 2017; Puri & Luqman, 2015)
Summary
Education is a process that seeks to cultivate students to be the subject of human resources (HR). Based on these opinions above, assertive training is one strategy relief behavior therapy that be used or recommended to reduce and eliminate the anxiety disorders as well as improving the interpersonal skills of individuals that aims to develop the client's expression of positive feelings (Daharnis & Ardi, 2018) Based on these descriptions, the juvenile delinquency could be minimized by providing assertive training in behavioral counseling techniques (Boket, Bahrami, Kolyaie, & Hosseini, 2016; Parray & Kumar, 2017; Puri & Luqman, 2015). Deviant behavior covers several aspects, namely: aspects of physical and symbolic aspect, has the form of passive and aggressive, symptom-shaped neurotic and psychosomatic (Boket et al, 2016; Keliat et al., 2015; Parray & Kumar, 2017; Schry & White, 2016), which is included in the aspect of the outward is a deviation in the form of verbal namely in form of harsh words, profanity, and so forth, and nonverbal real deviations visible
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