Pengaruh Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Terhadap Intensitas Penggunaan Gadget Pada Siswa/Siswi SMP St Ignasius Medan Johor

Abstract

The behavior of intensity gadget and internet use is excessive use that can interfere with the daily life its users, usually resulting in enjoyment and tending to apathetic towards the surroundings and often getting angry if someone bothers them. The approach using REBT is cognitive-behavioral approach that focuses on identifying and changing thought patterns and has been proven effective in overcoming various psychological problems including gadgetuse. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect REBT  intensity gadgetuse in students of SMP St. Ignasius Medan Johor. The research design is quantitative study with non-equivalent experimental pre-test and post-test design, this study uses Wilcoxon Test, namely study aimed effect of REBT intensity gadget use before and after intervention. Data collection begins with selecting a population to used as respondent, providing informed consent to the response signed, administering a questionnaire, the REBT implementation module. The results study obtained a statistical test of average rank of 18.15, which indicates that there was significant decrease in intensity gadget use in some student after being given treatment, the Z value was -3.328, p value of 0.001 indicates that observed difference between Pre-test and Post-test was significant (p<0.05). The conclusion is that there is a decrease in gadget use among respondents wiith a Post-test score range of 7-15. There is an effect REBT on the intensity gadget use in students of SMP St. Ignatius Medan Johor, with a significant value of p=0.001, indicating that intervention has significant impact in reducing intensity gadget use