Effectiveness of Counseling Group Behavioral Aversion Techniques and REBT Cognitive Dispute Techniques to Reduce Adolescent Smoking Behavior

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of group counseling behavioral aversion
techniques and cognitive dispute for smoking behavior. This research is an experimental
study. The research used is Quasi Experiment. using the Nonequivalent Control Group
Design method with one treatment. The study used 2 groups, namely experimental group
1 and experimental group 2 as a comparison. In determining the sample group,
researchers used non-probability sampling with purposive sampling technique, namely
the sample that had been determined. In this study, teenagers smoked. The results of the
prerequisite test show that the data is normally distributed and has a homogeneous
variance and the results of the analysis through the ANOVA test have a significance
result of 0.000, which means less than 0.05, the conclusion is Ho is rejected and Ha is
accepted. Based on the results of the analysis, the cognitive dispute group counseling and
aversion technique have an effect on reducing smoking behavior.