Reducing Bullying Behavior through Group Counseling Using a Solution-Focused Brief Counseling Approach

Meivitra Sari, Hastin Budisiwi, Mulyani Mulyani

Abstract


Bullying is a serious problem in schools because it can negatively affect students’ psychological, social, and academic well-being. However, the use of group counseling based on Solution-Focused Brief Counseling (SFBC) to reduce bullying behavior among junior high school students remains limited. This study aimed to analyze students’ levels of bullying behavior before and after participating in SFBC-based group counseling and to examine its effectiveness. A quantitative approach with a one-group pretest-posttest design was employed with 10 seventh-grade students at SMP Negeri 3 Brebes who were selected purposively. Data were collected through questionnaires, observations, and documentation and analyzed using descriptive statistics, the Shapiro-Wilk normality test, and a paired-samples t-test. The findings showed that the mean bullying score decreased from 108.00 at the pretest to 100.60 at the posttest, with a significance value of 0.000 (p < 0.05). These findings indicate that SFBC-based group counseling was effective in reducing students’ bullying behavior.


Keywords


Bullying; Group Counseling; Solution-Focused Brief Counseling (SFBC)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31004/jele.v%25vi%25i.2985

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