Improved Ability to Reduce Academic Procrastination Through Counseling Cognitive Behavior

Overcoming procrastination is key to academic success and realizing future goals. This study was conducted at the State Junior High School in Kema Sub-District, North Sulawesi-Indonesia, to determine if cognitive behavior group counseling can help students overcome procrastination. A randomized pretest-posttest control group design and measurement instrument based on the weakness of academic procrastination was used. The findings of the experimental group analysis showed that cognitive counseling behavior could significantly improve the ability to reduce academic procrastination of junior high school students. Overall, school counselors should explore and apply various counseling approaches to help students with academic problems