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The effectiveness of the rational emotive behavior therapy approach in overcoming students^ cyberbullying behavior a) Guidance and Counseling Study Program, Universitas Negeri Medan Abstract This study aims to describe the effectiveness of the rational emotive behavior therapy approach in overcoming students^ cyberbullying behavior. This research design uses a quantitative experimental approach. The sample in this study was 20 students with cyberbullying behavior. 10 people for the experimental group and 10 people for the control group. This research instrument uses a student cyberbullying behavior scale that has met the research instrument requirements, then the data is analyzed using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and the Kolmogorov Smirnov 2 Independent Samples Test. The results of the study show that: 1) There is a significant difference in the bullying behavior of students in the experimental group before and after following the rational emotive behavior therapy approach in group format. 2) There is a significant difference in the cyberbullying behavior of students in the control group before and after following group guidance services without using the rational emotive behavior therapy approach. 3) There is a significant difference in the cyberbullying behavior of students in the experimental group who were given the rational emotive behavior therapy approach in group format with students in the control group who were given group counseling services without the rational emotive behavior therapy approach. The experimental and control groups both experienced a decline, but the average decline in the experimental group was greater than in the control group. Keywords: rational emotive behavior therapy, cyberbullying behavior Topic: Social Science, Linguistics, Foreign Language and Humanities |
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