Group counselling sessions helped high-school students put off schoolwork less
Who it’s about: Students, Children
- Helped
Students in counsellor-led groups who owned up to their late work put off schoolwork less than the other group.
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Small randomised trial of 61 high-school students in Bali, Indonesia · vs students who got no described counselling · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable
The study
Who took part
61 high-school students from four schools across Bali, Indonesia, chosen because they put off schoolwork a lot. In each school, students were split by chance into two groups: 31 had counselling and 30 did not.
What they did
The counselling group met in small groups led by a school counsellor. In one task, each student went round the group. They quietly said they were often late with schoolwork and were responsible for it. In another, they talked to an empty chair as if an important person sat there. The paper doesn't say how many sessions there were, how long they were, or what the other group did.
What happened
At the end, the counselling group rated themselves as putting things off less than the other group. Their scores moved from the high range to the middle range. The paper shows the scores only in a chart, and some of its details don't fit together. Each school had a different counsellor, and there was no later check.
Source
Group Counseling with The Gestalt Technique to Reduce Academic Procrastination (2020)
DOI: 10.3991/ijet.v15i14.14465 (opens in a new tab)Tools in this study
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