dc.description.abstract | This study ia a pre-experimental research that aimed to examine the effect
of therapy Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in improving emotion
regulation in young victims of sexual abuse. Emotion regulation ability
differences seen using Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (ders) that reveals
Difficulties engaging in goal direct behaviour, impulse control difficulties, nonaccept
of emotional responses, lack of awareness, limited access to emotion
regulation strategies, lack of emotional clarity. REBT is cognitive therapy that
aims to address the emotional and behavioral problems by changing irrational
thoughts into rational. Participants in the study were two young victims of sexual violence who
have difficulties in emotion regulation. Measurement of emotion regulation
performed before and after treatment. Analysis of the data used is descriptive
qualitative. The results of this study indicate that there is the effect of REBT to
improve emotion regulation. On both subjects, aspects of the strategy to increase
the subject shows begin to find ways to regulate emotions. On the subject of A,
another fifth aspect is also changing, but not too much. Subject B experienced a
change for the better all aspects. This difference is influenced by several factors
such as parenting, peer influence. | en_US |