Improving Social Concern Through Group Counseling

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the significance of improving social concern in middle school students through group counseling. The research subjects are 9 students from 9th grade in G class and 7 students from 9th grade in H class who have a low level of social concern. This is an experimental research. The subject retrieving technique uses observation and a Guttman scale based on SIS (Social Interest Scale, by James E. Crandall with 24 items. The SIS reliability testing uses a product moment correlation, while the analytical technique uses a Mann Whitney test. The pre-test differences of the two groups result in P=1.000<0.050, which means there is no significant difference between the experimental group and the control group. In other words, the experiment can be conducted. The data analysis results produce a pre-test mean of 5.83 and a post-test mean of 13.17 for the experiment group. There is a difference of 7.34 with an Asmp. Sig. (2-Tailed) of 0.002, which means there is a significant increase in the experimental group because P<0.050. Thus, group counseling service can significantly improve student social concern