The obligation to complete studies is one thing that must be experienced by a student. One of the obligations as a student in completing studies is the preparation of a thesis. This study aims to produce a thesis anxiety scale instrument for students which is a non-test instrument. This research is development research that uses three stages of development, namely preliminary research, prototyping stage and assessment phase. The subjects in this study were 131 students from 23 study programs in the Faculty of Education, Sebelas Maret University. The student anxiety instrument in the thesis developed three important indicators that affect anxiety, namely cognitive aspects, affective aspects and psychomotor aspects. Data analysis using the percentage of agreements and product moment analysis. The results of this study indicate that there are 29 items of thesis anxiety that are declared valid with a high level of reliability. Anxiety in writing this thesis greatly affects student performance and has an impact on the duration of thesis writing.

Studi didasarkan pada pentingnya keterampilan konseling guru Bimbingan dan Konseling di masa COVID-19. Tujuan penelitian adalah memaparkan hasil studi empirik mengenai keefektifan pelatihan insight photo therapy untuk meningkatkan keterampilan konseling Guru Bimbingan dan Konseling (BK) di masa pandemi COVID-19. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode eksperimen single-group pretest-posttest design melalui analisis paired samples t-test. Hasil pengujian hipotesis dari masing-masing aspek keterampilan konseling diketahui nilai sig. (2-tailed) sebesar 0,000 < 0,05, artinya ada perbedaan mean pretest dan posttest keterampilan konseling melalui insight photo therapy. Hal ini bermakna bahwa pelatihan insight photo therapy efektif secara signifikan dalam meningkatkan keterampilan konseling Guru Bimbingan dan Konseling.

<p>This research aims to examine the application of art therapy, which includes targets and scope, techniques, procedures, and the success of animal-assisted treatment for reducing personal anxiety. The research method used is a literature review. The data source used is 24 research journals show a connection with the problem to be studied. The data collection technique used is documentation (document analysis). The data analysis technique used is content analysis. The steps of content analysis were carried out by searching for data, collected, and analyzed will be checked through inter-literature checks. The result of this study is 1) The target of Animal-assisted Therapy is young children to adults who are female and male with a range of ages from 5 to 54. 2) The Techniques of Animal-assisted Therapy involve interacting with therapeutic animals, such as playing, petting, talking with animals, feeding, and drinking. 3) The procedures of Animal-assisted Therapy consist of 3 main stages: preparation stage, therapy/counseling stage, and termination stage. Animal-assisted Therapy can be conducted in groups and individuals. 4) The successful use of Animal-assisted Therapy for reducing personal anxiety is effective and reduces the level of anxiety experienced by everyone. This study recommends that Animal-assisted Therapy can be an alternative guidance and counseling service in collaboration with other counseling approaches.</p>

<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> This study aims to describe the level of violence in dating and identify the differences between male and female victims of dating violence. The research subjects are high school students as subjects in this study. The data collection instrument used a questionnaire. The data analysis technique used is descriptive statistics and further analysis using the Independent Sample T-Test. The research subjects were 334 public high school students in Surakarta dating. The results of this study are: (1) The level of violence in dating SMA Negeri Surakarta students is in a low category, and (2) There is no significant difference between men and women in dating violence, so it can be concluded that both men and women have the same risk of becoming victims of dating violence. The results of this study are expected to be the basis for preventive and curative efforts so that cases of dating violence do not increase.</p><p><strong>Abstrak: </strong>penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan tingkat kekerasan dalam pacarana dan mengidentifikasi perbedaan antara laki-laki dan perempuan korban kekerasan dalam pacaran.<strong> </strong>Subjek penelitian merupakan siswa SMA sebagai subjek dalam penelitian ini. Instrumen pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan yaitu statistik deskriptif dan analisis uji beda menggunakan Independent Sample T Test.  Subjek penelitian adalah 334 siswa SMA Negeri di Surakarta yang berpacaran. Hasil penelitian ini adalah: (1) Tingkat kekerasan dalam pacaran siswa SMA Negeri di Surakarta berada pada kategori rendah; dan (2) Tidak ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara laki-laki dan perempuan dalam kekerasan berpacaran, sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa laki-laki maupun perempuan keduanya memiliki resiko yang sama menjadi korban kekerasan dalam pacaran. Hasil penelitian ini diharapkan dapat menjadi dasar upaya preventif maupun kuratif agar kasus kekerasan dalam pacaran tidak semakin bertambah.</p>

Online crisis counseling merupakan keterampilan baru yang harus dimiliki semua guru BK, sehingga diperlukan pelatihan khusus. Fokus penelitian adalah mendeskripsikan asesmen kebutuhan pelatihan online crisis counseling. Penelitian merupakan studi deskriptif. Hasil studi: 1) 89% guru telah mengetahui beda krisis dengan non krisis, sehingga mampu membedakan rencana pemberian bantuan pada konseli sesuai dengan kajian yang ada, 2) 70% guru telah memahami langkah-langkah yang harus dilakukan dalam online crisis counseling, 3) 20% guru mampu melaksanakan online crisis counseling. Dibutuhkan adanya penelitian pengembangan panduan tervalidasi tentang online crisis counseling sehingga bisa digunakan secara luas oleh guru BK di sekolah, pelaksanaan training need assessment di wilayah lainnya dengan kondisi lapang serupa dengan metode perancangan  yang lebih baik, dan penelitian eksperimen untuk melihat efektivitas penggunaan training need assessment untuk meningkatkan kompetensi online crisis counseling kelompok tertentu.