The Impact of Acceptance and Commitment Group Counseling on Self-Compassion among Students Victims of Bullying
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https://doi.org/10.17977/um065.v6.i9.2026.13Keywords:
Acceptance and commitment therapy, Bullying, Group counseling, Self-compassionAbstract
Research shows that bullying remains a serious problem that impacts the decline in students' self-compassion, thus disrupting their emotional well-being and learning process. The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based group counseling services in improving self-compassion in students who are victims of bullying at Yogyakarta. The research approach used was quantitative with a pre-experimental one group pretest-posttest design. The study involved six eighth-grade students because the group counseling design was selected by purposive sampling. Treatment was given in eight sessions, covering the six core components of ACT (acceptance, defusion, self-as-context, present moment, values, and committed action). The instrument used was the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS-25) adapted version of Neff. Data analysis used a paired sample t-test. The results showed a significance value of 0.000 (<0.05), meaning there was a significant increase in self-compassion scores after the intervention (average pretest = 53.33; posttest = 74.33). It can be concluded that ACT group counseling is effective in increasing self-compassion in students who are victims of bullying.
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