Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) untuk Meningkatkan Regulasi Emosi pada Remaja Korban Kekerasan Seksual

Abstract

This study ia a pre-experimental research that aimed to examine the effect of therapy Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in improving emotion regulation in young victims of sexual abuse. Emotion regulation ability differences seen using Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (ders) that reveals Difficulties engaging in goal direct behaviour, impulse control difficulties, nonaccept of emotional responses, lack of awareness, limited access to emotion regulation strategies, lack of emotional clarity. REBT is cognitive therapy that aims to address the emotional and behavioral problems by changing irrational thoughts into rational. Participants in the study were two young victims of sexual violence who have difficulties in emotion regulation. Measurement of emotion regulation performed before and after treatment. Analysis of the data used is descriptive qualitative. The results of this study indicate that there is the effect of REBT to improve emotion regulation. On both subjects, aspects of the strategy to increase the subject shows begin to find ways to regulate emotions. On the subject of A, another fifth aspect is also changing, but not too much. Subject B experienced a change for the better all aspects. This difference is influenced by several factors such as parenting, peer influence.