Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy counseling in developing Cross-Gender Friendship in adolescents

Abstract

Objective

Cross-Gender Friendship (CGFs) is a platonic relationship between men and women who are not bound. From observations at high schools in Bali. There are some teenagers that show an attitude of being able to get along with the opposite sex, while some others show attitudes such as keeping a distance, avoiding and withdrawing from their friends. In adolescent girls, some of them keep their distance from male friends. Then in men, some of them withdraw from female friends. Seeing the low phenomenon of Cross-Gender Friendship, it is necessary to provide counseling guidance by using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

Methods

This research is a quasi-experimental study, in which the research design uses an experimental group and a control group. The populations in this study were high school adolescents in Denpasar. Sampling was done by the purposive random technique in which the characteristics of adolescents who have low Cross-Gender Friendship. The number of samples included in the criteria was 50 respondents. Data collection was performed using a Cross-Gender Friendship questionnaire. The data analysis technique used is the t-test.

Results

T-test results show that Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is effectively used in developing Cross-Gender Friendship in adolescent boys and girls.

Conclusion

The low Cross-Gender Friendship in adolescents is developed using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). It is recommended for counselors that Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can be used as an alternative providing counseling services in the development of Cross-Gender Friendship in adolescents.