Effectiveness of behavior contract counseling in reducing verbal bullying behavior of students

Authors : Ulfy Alwis

Pages : 151-177

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Publication Date : 2023-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This research aims to analyze individual counseling using behavior contract techniques in reducing verbal bullying behavior by student at vocational high school in the city of Bandar Lampung. This research is a Single Subject Research (SSR), using one research subject with an A-B-A design. The research subjects were selected through purposive sampling, namely one student in class X TKJ 3 who was known to often engage in verbal bullying behavior towards his friends. This research process took place in three stages. The first stage of the research, at baseline A1, had three meetings. where in this phase observations were carried out without treatment being given. Then the researcher provided treatment in the intervention phase (B) for six meetings. In this phase, behavior contract technique treatment is given. And the final stage is the A2 baseline phase with three meetings. without treatment to evaluate changes in verbal bullying behavior carried out by the research subjects. In this research, the data collection methods used were observation, interviews and documentation. The research results are presented in the form of graphic statistics showing changes from the baseline phase (A1), intervention phase (B), and baseline phase (A2). The data overlap in baseline phase (A1) and intervention conditions was 33.33%. The data overlap in the conditions between the intervention and baseline phase (A2) is 0%, where the smaller the overlap, the better the effect of the intervention on the target behavior. It is recommended for future researchers to use qualitative research methods to obtain more in-depth results.
Keywords : Counseling, Behaviour contract, Verbal bullying