The Efectiveness of Solution Focused Brief Therapy Training to Increase Psychological Wellbeing of Santri

Abstract

The ability to solve the problem becomes a crucial matter for an individual. When a problem is solved appropriately, it will give prosperous and comfortable psychological condition. It is likewise the santri who has a different demand from the usual student. Santri is expected to be able to balance activity at formal school and activity at Islamic boarding school. To reach balance and comfort in doing activities, an individual should have psychological wellbeing. Thus, it needs solving problem methods that are in accordance with the condition, one of them is Solution focused brief therapy. The aim of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of Solution focused brief therapy training in increasing psychological wellbeing on santri. The participants of this study are 53 people by using experimental research method namely one group pretest posttest. Data analysis uses T test. The result of the study shows that the significance 0,000 is < than 0.05. The level of psychological health of santri before the training is still categorized low, then after having the training 56% santri are in high category and there is no more santri in low category. Hence, it can be concluded that the training of Solution focused brief therapy is proven effective in increasing psychological health of santri.