Keefektifan Konseling Kelompok Realitas untuk Meningkatkan Academic Hardiness Mahasiswa

Abstract

This study aims to test the effectiveness of reality group counseling to improve student hardiness academic. This experimental study used pretest-posttest control group design. The experimental group and control group each numbered four people obtained through purposive sampling technique. Research instrument used: (1) reality group counseling procedure which has validity of inter-rater agreement model of 0.880; and (2) a scale that has item validity of 0.296 s.d. 0.610 and reliability of 0.914. Hypothesis testing using statistical test nonparametrik Mann- Whitney U Test. Based on the results of statistical tests note that the value of z arithmet = -2.309 with p value = 0.021 <0.05 states that Ho is rejected and Ha accepted. This means effective group counseling to improve student academic hardiness. The experimental group had a higher mean score than the control group. Keywords: