The Effect of Group Guidance Services with Self-Management Techniques to Reduce Students' Academic Procrastination

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The purpose of this study is to be able to see the influence of group guidance services with self-management techniques to reduce the academic procrastination of students using at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Dairi. This study uses a quantitative research method with a one-group pre-test-post-test design pattern using pre-experimental design techniques. The population in this study is all class X (ten) students at State Aliyah Madrasah Dairi which totals 137 students. Based on the results of the pre-test, it was found that there were 36 students who experienced academic procrastination. Purposive sampling is used in sampling, namely students who have a high level of procrastination. A total of 10 students in class X were sampled in this study based on the results of the pre-test. The research was conducted as many as 4 group guidance meetings. The results of this study show that self-management techniques can have an effect on the decline of students' academic procrastination. Data was collected through the use of non-test instruments in the form of academic procrastination scales. Data analysis was carried out using the wilcoxon signed ranks test, and the results showed that the significance value (2-tailed) was ? from 0.05, which was 0.005. Thus, it can be concluded that group guidance services using self-management techniques can reduce students' natural academic procrastination behavior by 36.9%. It is hoped that the level of students who experience academic procrastination at State Aliyah Madrasah Dairi can be reduced after receiving group guidance services with self-management techniques.