Group Counseling: Reducing Cheating Behavior with a Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Approach

Cheating behavior is an activitythat appear to accompany teaching and learning process activities that can erode positive personality in students because they use dishonest methods achieving academic grades. This study aims test the effectiveness of group counseling with a rational emotive therapy approach reduce students' cheating behavior. type research quantitative experimental research. The design this was Quasi Experiment Non-Equivalent Control Group Design. population were SMAN 6 Padang 3 as many 543 students. sample 400 students, 16 taken which divided into 8 for control group. Sampling used purposive sampling. data collection tool form questionnaire. results indicate services using are effective reducing So be input material basis teachers/counselors providing effort overcome prevent