Group Behavioral Counseling Using Assertive Techniques to Reduce Procrastination in Junior High School Students

This study aimed to reduce procrastination in eighth grade students at Junior High School 7 Baubau through group behavioral counseling using assertive techniques. A one group pre-test/post-test design was used. Based on the descriptive analysis results, students' procrastination before treatment was categorized as ‘high' with an average score of 70.43%; after treatment, the average score was 31.92%, which was classified as ‘low'; this difference was significant (p = 0.012). From these results, it can be concluded that group behavioral counseling using assertive techniques can reduce academic procrastination in eighth grade students. It is hoped that these results can be used to help guidance and counseling teachers to carry out services to reduce procrastinaton in students. Keywords: academic procrastination, group counseling, behavioral, assertiv