Efektivitas Desensitisasi in Vivo untuk Mengatasi School Refusal Behavior pada Anak The Effectiveness of in Vivo Desensitization to Overcome School Refusal Behavior in Children

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of in vivo desensitization to overcome school refusal behavior in children, consists of three stages: (l) relaxation to relieve anxiety; (2) stumulus hierarchy to identifu the sotrrce of anxiety; (3) exposure to terch children to face the source of his anxiety. The research used was single case experirnental with A-B-A design, the continuous measurement of the phase (A), intervention (B), and the phase (A2), performed on two subjects children aged 8 and 9 years. Phase (A) done five times, intervention @) nineteen times, and five times in phase (A2). Measurement of school refusal behavior using a scale and school refusal behavior checklist, also given a thermometer anxiety to examine the level of anxie$ through self judgment. Data analysis using descrrptive statistical techniques. Base on the data analysis can be concluded thafi (l) a decline in school refusal behavior both subjects from high to low category; (2) reduction in anxiety levels, subject I decreased anxiety of panic became a liule anxious and subject 2 of very anxious to be a little anxious. This flierms that in vivo desensitization effectively to overcorne school refusal behavior in children