The Effectiveness of REBIT to Reduce Academic Cheating On Elementary School

摘要

The purpose of this study is to know the effectiveness of Rational Emotive Behavior Intervention in reducing academic cheating behavior on elementary school students in Mardisiwi Surabaya. The subjects of this study were twelve students aged 10-12 years who had medium to high grade cheating behavior. The data instrument used is the scale of cheat behavior. It is analyzed by using Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test to know the difference between pre test and post test scores. The results showed that p value = 0.017 (p≤0.05). It means that, giving Rational Emotive Behavioral interventions is an effective way of reducing academic cheating behavior in grade V and VI of primary students.