| dc.description.abstract | This study aims to examine the effectiveness of in vivo desensitization to overcome
school refusal behavior in children, consists of three stages: (l) relaxation to relieve
anxiety; (2) stumulus hierarchy to identifu the sotrrce of anxiety; (3) exposure to terch
children to face the source of his anxiety. The research used was single case experirnental
with A-B-A design, the continuous measurement of the phase (A), intervention (B), and the
phase (A2), performed on two subjects children aged 8 and 9 years. Phase (A) done five
times, intervention @) nineteen times, and five times in phase (A2). Measurement of
school refusal behavior using a scale and school refusal behavior checklist, also given a
thermometer anxiety to examine the level of anxie$ through self judgment. Data analysis
using descrrptive statistical techniques.
Base on the data analysis can be concluded thafi (l) a decline in school refusal
behavior both subjects from high to low category; (2) reduction in anxiety levels, subject I
decreased anxiety of panic became a liule anxious and subject 2 of very anxious to be a
little anxious. This flierms that in vivo desensitization effectively to overcorne school
refusal behavior in children | en_US |
