EFEKTIVITAS TEKNIK MANDALA EXPRESSIVE ART THERAPY DALAM KONSELING KELOMPOK UNTUK MEREDUKSI STRES AKADEMIK SISWA SMP

EFFECTIVENESS OF MANDALA EXPRESSIVE ART THERAPY TECHNIQUE IN GROUP COUNSELING TO REDUCE ACADEMIC STRESS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Keadaan siswa yang jenuh dan stres termasuk dalam kondisi psikologis yang tidak stabil. Kondisi psikologis siswa ini dapat memberikan pengaruh terhadap keberhasilan proses belajar. Berdasarkan hasil studi pendahuluan pada 24 siswa di SMP Negeri 26 Surabaya, sebanyak 28% siswa memiliki stres tingkat tinggi, 24% stres tingkat sedang, 24% tingkat ringan, dan 24% tidak terindikasi stres. Salah satu teknik yang dapat digunakan oleh guru BK yang berkaitan dengan permasalahan stres akademik yakni dengan teknik mandala expressive art therapy. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektivitas teknik mandala expressive art therapy dalam konseling kelompok untuk mereduksi stres akademik siswa SMP. Penelitian ini ini menggunakan jenis pre-eksperimental design dengan bentuk one group pre-test post-test design. Subjek penelitian ini sebanyak 6 siswa kelas VIII SMP Negeri 26 Surabaya. Penelitian ini menggunakan adaptasi skala Educational Stress Scale for Adolescents (ESSA) untuk mengambil data-data yang diperlukan dan mengetahui skor stres akademik yang dialami oleh siswa. Treatment yang diberikan terdiri dari 5 sesi. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yakni Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan skor rata-rata pre-test sebesar 103 poin menurun menjadi 81 poin pada skor post-test. Selain itu, berdasarkan hasil output test statistics dapat diketahui bahwa nilai Asymp.Sig (2-tailed) sebesar 0,027 dan nilai ini lebih kecil daripada 0,05. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa Ha diterima dan Ho ditolak, yang artinya teknik mandala expressive art therapy dalam konseling kelompok efektif dalam mereduksi stres akademik siswa SMP.

The state of students who are bored and stressed is included in an unstable psychological condition. This psychological condition of students can have an influence on the success of the learning process. Based on the results of a preliminary study on 24 students at SMP Negeri 26 Surabaya, 28% of students had high levels of stress, 24% had moderate stress, 24% had mild stress, and 24% had no indication of stress. One of the techniques that can be used by counseling teachers related to academic stress problems is the mandala expressive art therapy technique. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of mandala expressive art therapy techniques in group counseling to reduce academic stress of junior high school students. This research uses a type of pre-experimental design with the form of one group pre-test post-test design. The subjects of this study were 6 students of class VIII SMP Negeri 26 Surabaya. This study used an adaptation of the Educational Stress Scale for Adolescents (ESSA) scale to collect the necessary data and determine the academic stress score experienced by students. The treatment consisted of 5 sessions. The data analysis technique used in this study is the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The results showed that the pre-test average score of 103 points decreased to 81 points in the post-test score. In addition, based on the results of the test statistics output, it can be seen that the Asymp.Sig (2-tailed) value is 0.027 and this value is smaller than 0.05. So it can be concluded that Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected, which means that the mandala expressive art therapy technique in group counseling is effective in reducing academic stress of junior high school students.