EFFECT OF SEFT (SPIRITUAL EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE) THERAPY ON DECREASING LEVELS OF ANXIETY IN STUDENTS OF CLASS VIII SMP THAT WILL FACE MIDDLE SEMESTER EXAMS IN THE 4TH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF MUHAMMADIYAH SURABAYA

Sosilo Yobel

Sosilo Yobel STIKES Bodhi Iswara

Abstract

Background: Students who will face an exam experiencing various psychological conditions that can cause students to become anxious. This anxiety can be due to demands from parents, school, social, even the perceptions of the students themselves related to information that has been received in preparing themselves for the exam. One of the actions that can be taken to reduce student anxiety is the therapy of Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT).Objectives: The purpose of this study was the Effect of SEFT Therapy (Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique) on the Decrease of Anxiety Level in Class VIII Middle School Students Who Will Face the Middle Semester Examination of the 4th Junior High School of Muhammadiyah Surabaya.Methods: The research design was pre-experimental, one group pretest-posttest design. The sample in this study was all junior high school students of class VIII-C who would face the Mid Semester Examination at the 4th Junior High School of Muhammadiyah Surabaya with 30 people taken by the technique Total Sampling. Data analysis using the Wilcoxon Test, namely SEFT therapy (Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique) to reduce anxiety levels.Results: Based on the Wilcoxon Test the value of Z = -4,956 and the value of p Value = 0,000 so that (p <α) so that H1 accepted H0 rejected means that there is influence of SEFT therapy (Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique) to decrease anxiety levels of students in class VIII who will face the exam Semester at the 4th Junior High School of Muhammadiyah Surabaya.Conclusion: SEFT therapy can be given to students who will face the test with the approach taken spiritually, discussion and interpersonal communication by knocking 18 key points in the human body is SEFT therapy (Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique). SEFT therapy can provide calmness to students psychologically. Key words: SEFT Therapy (Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique), anxiety, emotional.

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