The Application of Life Design Counseling (LDC) to Improve Career Planning Skills in Senior High School Students
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https://doi.org/10.22460/quanta.v9i3.6223Keywords:
Life Design Counseling, Group Counseling, Career Planning Skill, Senior High School StudentsAbstract
This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Life Design Counseling (LDC) through group counseling in improving the career planning skills (CPS) of students at Wajo State Senior High School 3. The study used a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design of the pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group type. The research sample consisted of 20 students selected using proportional random sampling and divided into experimental and control groups. The instrument used was a career planning skill scale analysed with a t-test. The results showed a significant increase in CPS in the experimental group after the LDC intervention. Before the treatment, 50% of students were in the low category and 50% were in the very low category. After the treatment, the distribution changed to 20% very high, 40% high, and 40% moderate. These findings confirm that LDC is efficacious in improving students' CPS. The study concludes that LDC is a preventive and curative strategy supporting students' career planning. The contributions of this study include: (1) a theoretical contribution in the form of empirical evidence of the effectiveness of LDC in the context of Indonesian education, and (2) a practical contribution by providing alternative interventions for guidance and counseling teachers to help students design more meaningful career paths and prevent wrong major choices.
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