THE EFFECT OF GROUP COUNSELING USING THE SOLUTION-FOCUSED BRIEF COUNSELING APPROACH ON ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION BEHAVIOR AMONG STUDENTS AT TANJUNGANOM STATE HIGH SCHOOL 1, NGANJUK REGENCY

JKPI: Jurnal Konseling Pendidikan Islam P–ISSN: 2655-9692 E-ISSN: 2746-5977 Vol.7, No. 2, Mei 2026 THE EFFECT OF GROUP COUNSELING USING THE SOLUTION-FOCUSED BRIEF COUNSELING APPROACH ON ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION BEHAVIOR AMONG STUDENTS AT TANJUNGANOM STATE HIGH SCHOOL 1, NGANJUK REGENCY *1 Endhang Maya Desiana, 2Dahlia Noviaring Asri, 3Tyas Martika Anggriana *1,2,3 Universitas PGRI Madiun 1 2 Email: , , 3 Abstract This study aims to determine the effect of group counseling services using the SolutionFocused Brief Counseling approach on the academic procrastination behavior of 12thgrade students at SMA Negeri 1 Tanjunganom, Nganjuk Regency, during the 2025/2026 academic year. This study employs a quantitative approach using a quasi-experimental method and a one-group pretest–posttest design. The research subjects consisted of 61 students with high levels of academic procrastination. The research instrument was an academic procrastination questionnaire developed based on indicators of delaying the start of tasks and avoiding academic tasks, and its validity and reliability had been tested. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the normality test using the Shapiro–Wilk test indicated that the pretest and posttest data were not normally distributed; therefore, hypothesis testing proceeded with the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test. The analysis results showed a decrease in the average academic procrastination scores of students from the pretest to the posttest. The Wilcoxon test yielded a significance value of 0.000 (p < 0.05), indicating a significant difference between the pretest and posttest scores. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that group counseling services using the Solution Focused Brief Counseling (SFBC) approach significantly influence the reduction of students’ academic procrastination behavior. This study provides practical implications for guidance and counseling teachers to utilize the SFBC approach as an alternative intervention in helping students overcome academic procrastination, particularly at the high school level. Keywords: group counseling, solution focused brief counseling, academic procrastination. Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh layanan konseling kelompok dengan pendekatan Solution Focused Brief Counseling terhadap perilaku prokrastinasi akademik siswa kelas XII SMA Negeri 1 Tanjunganom Kabupaten Nganjuk tahun pelajaran 2025/2026. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan metode quasi eksperimen dan desain one group pretest–posttest. Subjek penelitian berjumlah 61 siswa yang memiliki tingkat prokrastinasi akademik tinggi. Instrumen penelitian berupa angket prokrastinasi akademik yang disusun berdasarkan indikator penundaan memulai tugas dan penghindaran tugas akademik, serta telah diuji validitas dan reliabilitasnya.Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan 683 Lisensi Creative Commons Atribusi 4.0 Internasional statistik inferensial. Hasil uji normalitas menggunakan Shapiro–Wilk menunjukkan bahwa data pretest dan posttest tidak berdistribusi normal, sehingga pengujian hipotesis dilanjutkan dengan uji Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. Hasil analisis menunjukkan adanya penurunan skor rata-rata prokrastinasi akademik siswa dari skor pretest ke posttest. Uji Wilcoxon menghasilkan nilai signifikansi sebesar 0,000 (p < 0,05), yang menunjukkan adanya perbedaan yang signifikan antara skor pretest dan posttest. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian tersebut, dapat disimpulkan bahwa layanan konseling kelompok dengan pendekatan Solution Focused Brief Counseling berpengaruh secara signifikan dalam menurunkan perilaku prokrastinasi akademik siswa. Penelitian ini memberikan implikasi praktis bagi guru bimbingan dan konseling untuk memanfaatkan pendekatan SFBC sebagai alternatif intervensi dalam membantu siswa mengatasi prokrastinasi akademik, khususnya di jenjang Sekolah Menengah Atas. Kata kunci: konseling kelompok, solution focused brief counseling, prokrastinasi akademik. INTRODUCTION Students, in the process of acquiring knowledge, inevitably face various assignments given by teachers, whether individual or group tasks. With the rapid advancement of technology, this has significantly influenced both the learning process and the completion of these assignments. Students today are increasingly spoiled by technology, various forms of entertainment, or activities that are less beneficial. As a result of the various comforts available to students today, many have become dependent on technology, leading to a lack of hard work (effort) in completing academic assignments, laziness, and a significant number of students who neglect or put off their academic tasks (procrastination). Fernando (2017) states that procrastination is a tendency to delay work and the completion of a task or assignment related to academic activities. Another definition is provided by Fernando & Rahman (2018), who state that “procrastination is the deliberate and repeated delay in completing a task or assignment, whether in starting or finishing tasks related to school academic duties.” From these two definitions, it can be concluded that procrastination is a behavior in which an individual intentionally and repeatedly delays tasks or work related to school academic duties. An individual who habitually delays tasks is referred to as a procrastinator (Fernando & Rahman, 2016, p. 217). On average, the students most likely to be identified as procrastinators are senior students who are in the process of completing their theses. This is because senior students face numerous obstacles that serve as reasons for procrastination, such as a lack of time to work on the task, boredom during the process, and the difficulty of the task itself, which can lead students to become reluctant to complete it. Given such conditions, it is necessary for a counselor to take actions or make efforts to reduce procrastination behavior among students, particularly among final-year students. Based on the results of a preliminary study conducted by the researcher as a guidance counselor at State High School 1 Tanjunganom, Nganjuk Regency. Several issues were identified, including students frequently submitting assignments late, a habit of failing to 684 complete tasks by the specified deadline, some students repeatedly submitting assignments late despite frequent reminders from teachers, students completing assignments at school, and students submitting assignments that do not follow the teacher’s instructions. The habit of academic procrastination can have very serious negative impacts on students’ development, both psychologically and otherwise. Therefore, schools and guidance counselors need to guide students so they can develop optimally in achieving success. Based on the issues mentioned above, schools—specifically guidance counselors—need to seek solutions to help minimize the occurrence of p (...truncated)