The Effectiveness Of Motivational Interviewing (MI) Techniques In Reducing Academic Procrastination Due To Distractions From The Use Of The TikTok Application Among Junior High School Students

       Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui keefektifan layanan konseling kelompok dengan teknik Motivational Interviewing (MI) dalam menurunkan prokrastinasi akademik akibat distraksi aplikasi TikTok pada siswa SMP. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan desain eksperimen tipe pretest–posttest control group design. Subjek penelitian terdiri dari 12 siswa kelas VIII SMP Tri Karya Surabaya yang memiliki tingkat prokrastinasi akademik tinggi berdasarkan teori Tuckman (1991), penelitian ini memodifikasi model yang digunakan oleh Novri(2022) dengan menyesuaikannya pada konteks prokrastinasi akademik akibat distraksi penggunaan aplikasi TikTok pada siswa SMP.

     Analisis data diawali dengan uji normalitas Kolmogorov–Smirnov yang menunjukkan bahwa sebagian data tidak berdistribusi normal. Oleh karena itu, peneliti menggunakan uji Mann–Whitney U untuk menguji perbedaan antara kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol, serta uji N-Gain untuk menilai efektivitas perlakuan. Hasil uji Mann–Whitney menunjukkan nilai signifikansi sebesar 0,076 (p > 0,05), yang berarti tidak terdapat perbedaan signifikan antara kedua kelompok. Namun, hasil uji N-Gain menunjukkan efektivitas yang lebih tinggi pada kelompok eksperimen dengan rata-rata 62,06% (kategori cukup efektif) dibandingkan kelompok kontrol sebesar 51,37% (kategori kurang efektif).

       Dengan demikian, meskipun secara statistik tidak terdapat perbedaan signifikan, secara praktis layanan konseling kelompok dengan teknik Motivational Interviewing terbukti cukup efektif dalam menurunkan prokrastinasi akademik akibat distraksi penggunaan TikTok. Pendekatan ini membantu siswa meningkatkan motivasi intrinsik, kesadaran diri, dan kemampuan regulasi diri digital secara positif.

Kata kunci: Motivational Interviewing, prokrastinasi akademik, distraksi TikTok, konseling kelompok.

            This study aims to determine the effectiveness of group counseling services using Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques in reducing academic procrastination caused by TikTok app distractions among junior high school students. The study uses a quantitative approach with a pretest–posttest control group experimental design. The research subjects consisted of 12 eighth-grade students at Tri Karya Junior High School in Surabaya who had high levels of academic procrastination based on Tuckman's theory (1991). This study modified the model used by Novri (2022) by adapting it to the context of academic procrastination due to distraction from the use of the TikTok application among junior high school students.

         Data analysis began with a Kolmogorov–Smirnov normality test, which showed that some of the data were not normally distributed. Therefore, the researcher used the Mann–Whitney U test to test the difference between the experimental group and the control group, as well as the N-Gain test to assess the effectiveness of the treatment. The Mann–Whitney test results showed a significance value of 0.076 (p > 0.05), which means that there was no significant difference between the two groups. However, the N-Gain test results showed higher effectiveness in the experimental group with an average of 62.06% (sufficiently effective category) compared to the control group at 51.37% (less effective category).

      Thus, although there was no statistically significant difference, in practical terms, group counseling services using the Motivational Interviewing technique proved to be quite effective in reducing academic procrastination due to TikTok distraction. This approach helped students increase their intrinsic motivation, self-awareness, and digital self-regulation skills in a positive way.

Keywords: Motivational Interviewing, academic procrastination, TikTok distraction, group counseling.