The Effect of Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Group Counseling to Reduce Phubbing Behavior in 6th Semester Students of Guidance and Counseling Study Program of Pancasakti University Tegal

Abstrak

This research is motivated by the existence of students who experience phubbing behavior. the problem is marked by students who look at cellphones while talking to other people, providing treatment with a cognitive behavior therapy approach in group counseling services is expected to reduce phubbing. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of cognitive behavior therapy in group counseling services used to reduce phubbing behavior in students of the Guidance and Counseling Study Program in semester VI of Pancasakti University Tegal. The population was 45 students and the sampling technique used purposive sampling. The sample used was 5 students with high phubbing levels. Data collection techniques used questionnaires, psychological scales, observations, interviews. Data analysis techniques used are validity testing, scale reliability, descriptive analysis, normality test and regression test. The results showed that the significance value obtained was 0.004 <0.05, then H0 was rejected and Ha was accepted so it could be concluded that there was an effect of Cognitive behavior therapy in group counseling to reduce phubbing of 6th semester students of Guidance and Counseling Study Program of Pancasakti University Tegal.