THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUP GUIDANCE USING EXPRESSIVE WRITING TECHNIQUES TO DEVELOP SELF-COMPASSION IN PREVENTING SELF-HARM AMONG VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Widya Multisari, Novanda Nur Aidha Ramadiani, Muchammad Zamri Firmansyah, Achmad Muzakky, Maharani Putri Pravita Sari

Abstract


The phenomenon of self-harm that is increasing globally and nationally shows that there is an urgent need for preventive intervention among adolescents. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of group guidance with expressive writing techniques to develop self-compassion in preventing self-harm in vocational school students. This study uses a quantitative approach with a pre-experimental design of one group pretest-posttest. The subjects of the study were 8 grade XI students at one of the public vocational schools in Malang City who were selected through purposive sampling based on the results of measurements using the Deliberate Self Harm Inventory (DSHI) and The Self-Compassion Scale instruments. Group guidance services were carried out in three sessions, each focusing on aspects of self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness by applying the stages of expressive writing, so that the results of pretest and posttest data were obtained, which were then carried out by the analyst through the Wilcoxon test. The test produced an Asymp.Sig of 0.018 which means that group guidance services with expressive writing techniques are effective in developing self-compassion in preventing self-harm in students.

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