Using Adlerian Group Counseling as a Treatment to Increase Orphanage Child’s Self-Esteem: Is Effective or Not?

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the use of Adlerian Group Counseling as a treatment to enhance orphanage child's self-esteem. This research using the quasi-experiment method with the time series design. Orphanage childs on Aisyiah Nanggalo as subject research. Data was collected with the Culture-Free Self-Esteem Inventory (CFSEI-2) and analyzed by Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. This study finding that Adlerian group counseling is effective to enhance orphanage child's self-esteem. Therefore, the role of counselor is very important in orphanage.