Open AccessThe Effectiveness of Information Service in Improving Students’ Self Control Against Sexual Harassment in Vocational School in Padang
Author(s) -
Herman Nirwana Firman Firman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 0033-3077
DOI - 10.17762/pae.v58i1.1466
Subject(s) - harassment , psychology , vocational education , test (biology) , cluster sampling , control (management) , service (business) , population , medical education , applied psychology , data collection , clinical psychology , social psychology , pedagogy , medicine , management , statistics , paleontology , economy , environmental health , mathematics , economics , biology
Information service as one type of guidance and counseling services in schools has lost its function in helping students to control themselves from performing sexual harassment. This research aims to determine the effectiveness of information service in improving students’ self control against sexual harassment. This is a quantitative research with an experimental design. The research population is students of a Vocational School in Padang and the sampling technique is cluster random sampling. Data collection was performed through a questionnaire on self-control and data were analyzed using t test. The results of the test reveal that information service is effective in improving students’ self control against sexual harassment, with the help of Guidance and Counseling teachers/ the school’s Counselor to prevent sexual harassment in schools.