The Effect Of Assertiveness Training On The Management Of Student Emotion In Preventing Violent Behavior

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to determine the differences in student’s ability to manage emotions, before and after intervention with Assertiveness Training to prevent violent behavior. Method: This study was conducted in Vocational High School 1 and 2 Gunung Sari in Makassar, Indonesia. The design of this study used the Randomized Control Group Pre Post Test Design. This research followed by 60 subjects selected by simple random sampling. The research instrument used questioners adopted from Agency and Tridhonanto (2009)1 using the Likert Scale. The data was analyzed using Independent T-Test and Mann Whitney. Result: The result showed that the score of students’ ability to manage emotions from 4 (four) sessions were different. The score of intervention group was higher than the control group after 4 (four) training sessions. There was no significantly differences among groups. Conclusion: Students have sufficient ability to manage emotions before assertiveness training. There is an increase in students’ ability in managing emotions after assertiveness training.