ENHANCING SELF DEVELOPMENT AND ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENTS THERAPEUTIC GROUP THERAPY (Original Research)
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Title
ENHANCING SELF DEVELOPMENT AND ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENTS THERAPEUTIC GROUP THERAPY (Original Research)
Subject
assertive behavior; self-development; growth; adolescent; therapeutic group
Description
Introduction: Adolescents in fulfilling their growth and development tasks, impact
their biology, cognitive, emotional, psychosexual, language, psychosocial, and behavior
entering adulthood. The problem adolescents often encounter, in the form of behavior
resulting from this transition period, is how to behave assertively. Therapeutic group
therapy (TGT) allows adolescents to optimally fulfill their growth and development
tasks and change their behavior to be more assertive.
Method: This study used a quasi-experimental design with a sample of 76 adolescents
(38 intervention and 38 control). The instruments used were assertive behavior,
behavior observation sheets, and therapeutic group therapy modules. The intervention
group received 7 therapeutic group therapy sessions, each 30-45 minutes. The
Assertiveness Inventory by Alberti and Emmons was used to measure adolescent
assertive behavior. Meanwhile, this study used a dependent t-test for data analysis.
Results: Respondent characteristics included adolescents aged 13-15 years, females
(52.63%), parents' educational level of Bachelor (63.16%), and parents' occupation as
employees (42.11). The results show that aspects of adolescent self-development have
a mean value of emotional (0.588), cognitive (0.533), language (0.435), and
psychosocial (0.378). This indicates that there is a significant influence on adolescents'
assertive behavior before and after TGT (α=0.05 and p-value <0.001).
Conclusions: Therapeutic group therapy can improve adolescents' self-development
abilities (including growth and development tasks) and assertive behavior. Therapy can
be used as a learning program at school/home by involving teachers, parents, and the community to improve the quality of life for adolescents.
their biology, cognitive, emotional, psychosexual, language, psychosocial, and behavior
entering adulthood. The problem adolescents often encounter, in the form of behavior
resulting from this transition period, is how to behave assertively. Therapeutic group
therapy (TGT) allows adolescents to optimally fulfill their growth and development
tasks and change their behavior to be more assertive.
Method: This study used a quasi-experimental design with a sample of 76 adolescents
(38 intervention and 38 control). The instruments used were assertive behavior,
behavior observation sheets, and therapeutic group therapy modules. The intervention
group received 7 therapeutic group therapy sessions, each 30-45 minutes. The
Assertiveness Inventory by Alberti and Emmons was used to measure adolescent
assertive behavior. Meanwhile, this study used a dependent t-test for data analysis.
Results: Respondent characteristics included adolescents aged 13-15 years, females
(52.63%), parents' educational level of Bachelor (63.16%), and parents' occupation as
employees (42.11). The results show that aspects of adolescent self-development have
a mean value of emotional (0.588), cognitive (0.533), language (0.435), and
psychosocial (0.378). This indicates that there is a significant influence on adolescents'
assertive behavior before and after TGT (α=0.05 and p-value <0.001).
Conclusions: Therapeutic group therapy can improve adolescents' self-development
abilities (including growth and development tasks) and assertive behavior. Therapy can
be used as a learning program at school/home by involving teachers, parents, and the community to improve the quality of life for adolescents.
Creator
Fajriyah Nur Afriyanti
Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/pnj.v6.i2.54760
Publisher
UNAIR
Date
September 2024
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Rights
ISSN : 26563894
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PDF
Language
English
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Citation
Fajriyah Nur Afriyanti, “ENHANCING SELF DEVELOPMENT AND ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENTS THERAPEUTIC GROUP THERAPY (Original Research),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 26, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/11826.