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Counselors’ Strategies in Addressing Students’ Learning Concentration Problems in the Digital Distraction Era: A Narrative Study

Gipa Gisnando — 2026-03-13

Background: The rapid development of digital technology has increased distractions that negatively affect students’ concentration during learning. While previous studies have widely examined the impact of digital distraction on students’ academic performance, limited research has specifically explored school counselors’ professional experiences in addressing students’ concentration problems in digitally saturated learning environments. Aim; This study aims to explore school counselors' experiences in addressing students’ concentration problems in the era of digital distraction. The study employed a qualitative narrative approach, with data collected through in-depth interviews, non-participant observation, and documentation involving three school counselors at junior and senior high school levels in Kerinci Regency. Method: Data were analyzed using Riessman’s narrative analysis model. The findings reveal three interrelated themes. First, digital distractions such as smartphone notifications, online games, and social media are perceived as the primary sources of students’ concentration problems. Second, counselors emphasize strengthening students’ self-regulation through time management, control of digital device use, and mindfulness as central counseling strategies. Third, the sustainability of behavioral change in learning concentration depends on collaboration among counselors, teachers, and parents. This study contributes theoretically by enriching narrative counseling perspectives in understanding digital distraction as a systemic issue in school contexts. Practically, it provides experience-based strategic implications for school counseling interventions to improve students’ learning concentration in the digital era.

Development of a Structure Peer Counseling Model to Improve Assertive Behavior Among Junior High School Student

Fitria Nurmastuti — 2026-03-13

Background: Many junior high school students exhibit low assertiveness, particularly in expressing opinions, resisting negative peer pressure, and maintaining interpersonal boundaries, which may hinder their socio-emotional development. Aim: This study examined the urgency and effectiveness of structured peer counseling as an intervention to improve assertive behavior among junior high school students. Method: The research employed a quasi-experimental pretest–posttest control-group design involving 62 students, divided into an experimental and a control group. The intervention consisted of structured peer counseling sessions emphasizing active listening, empathy, modeling, and role-playing of assertive communication. Assertive behavior was measured using a four-point Likert scale instrument administered before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test to determine differences between pretest and posttest scores. Results and Discussion: The findings revealed a statistically significant improvement in the experimental group (Z = -4.643, p < 0.001) with a large effect size (r = 0.60), indicating meaningful behavioral change following peer counseling. In contrast, the control group did not show a significant improvement (Z = -1.924, p = 0.054). These results suggest that structured peer counseling provides an effective developmental context for practicing assertive communication skills through peer interaction and social modeling. Conclusion: The study confirms the urgent need for assertive behavior intervention in junior high schools and demonstrates that structured peer counseling is an effective approach to enhancing students' assertiveness, providing empirical support for its integration into school guidance and counseling programs.

Social Media TikTok and Its Impact on Early Adolescents' Academic Concentration

Calista Agriffina — 2026-03-14

Background: The increasing use of social media among adolescents raises concerns about its impact on learning concentration. Students widely use TikTok because it offers engaging, easily accessible short videos. Aim: This study analyzes the relationship between TikTok use and learning concentration among early adolescents. Method: The study used a quantitative, correlational, cross-sectional design. The study population comprised N = 193 eighth-grade students at SMP Negeri 1 Kotagajah, with a sample of N = 138 selected via cluster sampling. Data collection was conducted using the Social Media Engagement Scale for Adolescents (SMES-A) with 11 items and a learning concentration scale with 28 items. Data analysis used product-moment correlation and simple linear regression. Results and Discussion: The results showed a correlation coefficient of -0.030 with a p-value of 0.725 (p > 0.05), indicating no significant relationship between the intensity of TikTok use and students' learning concentration. The regression results also showed that social media use accounted for only 0.1% of the variation in learning concentration. Conclusion: This finding indicates that social media use is not the main factor influencing students' learning concentration, as it is also influenced by other factors, such as learning motivation, interest in the subject, and the learning environment.

Parental Emotion Regulation and Parenting Stress in Early Childhood: The Moderating Role of Social Support

Kotrun Nada Kusesi — 2026-03-16

Background: Early childhood parenting represents a crucial phase in family development that requires a high level of emotional involvement from parents. During this period, parents face various parenting demands related to meeting children’s physical needs as well as supporting their emotional and social development. Such conditions may increase the risk of parenting stress, particularly when parents experience difficulties regulating their emotions or lack adequate support from their social environment. Aim: Therefore, this study aims to analyze the effect of emotion regulation on parenting stress among parents of young children and to examine the moderating role of social support in this relationship. Method: This study employed a quantitative approach using a survey parents of students at RA Muslimat NU 07 as research participants. Data were collected using three standardized psychological instruments: the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) to measure parents’ emotion regulation, the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) to assess the level of parenting stress, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) to measure perceived social support. Data analysis was conducted using simple regression to examine the direct effects of emotion regulation and social support on parenting stress. Result and Disscussions: The results indicate that emotion regulation and social support do not have a significant simultaneous effect on parenting stress (F = 0.357; p = 0.701; R² = 0.011). Partially, emotion regulation (p = 0.866) and social support (p = 0.486) also do not show a significant effect on parenting stress. Furthermore, the moderation test reveals that the interaction between emotion regulation and social support is not significant (p = 0.387), indicating that social support does not function as a moderating variable in this relationship. Conclusion: These findings suggest that emotion regulation and social support are not the main determinants of parenting stress among parents of young children in this study, indicating that other factors may play a more dominant role in influencing parenting stress beyond the variables examined.

Counseling Strategies to Reduce Bullying Behavior in School: A Systematic Literature Review

Alwi Pramana Putra — 2026-03-31

Background: Bullying behavior in schools remains a serious issue that negatively affects students' psychological well-being, social relationships, and academic achievement. School guidance and counseling services are considered strategic interventions for preventing and reducing bullying by fostering empathy, emotional regulation, and prosocial skills. Aim: This study aims to conduct a systematic literature review of counseling strategies used to reduce bullying behavior in school settings. Method: A systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The reviewed articles were obtained from Sinta-indexed journals, Scopus, and Google Scholar, and published between 2019 and 2024. A total of 20 empirical studies met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed thematically. Result and Discussions: The findings indicate that cognitive-behavioral counseling, empathy-based group counseling, and integrative school-wide counseling programs are effective in reducing aggressive behavior and enhancing students' social-emotional competencies. Furthermore, the effectiveness of counseling interventions is strongly influenced by counselor competence, institutional support, and program sustainability. Conclusions: These findings provide evidence-based recommendations for school counselors and educational institutions to design comprehensive, sustainable bullying prevention programs.

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Modern Academic Research: A Systematic Review of Contemporary Literature (2015–2025)

Bayu Kurniawan — 2026-03-31

Background: The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, particularly large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and other AIs, has fundamentally reshaped the landscape of modern academic research, raising both opportunities and critical challenges for higher education institutions worldwide. Aim: This study systematically maps the contexts in which AI has been applied in modern academic research during 2015–2025 and examines how AI has influenced the process and outputs of educational research over the past decade. Method: A Systematic Literature Review (SLR) design was employed, guided by the PRISMA protocol and PICOC framework. A total of 5,106 articles were identified during the initial ScienceDirect database search. Following a rigorous multi-stage screening process based on predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria, 19 articles were selected for final analysis. Results and Discussion: The findings reveal that AI has been applied across a broad and continuously expanding range of academic contexts, including automated writing assessment, citation prediction, AI-generated instructional content, academic integrity evaluation, and AI literacy development in academic libraries, with ChatGPT and similar LLMs serving as the primary catalysts of this expansion from 2022 onward. The influence of AI on educational research processes and outputs is simultaneously accelerative and disruptive: while AI demonstrably enhances efficiency, consistency, and productivity, it also poses serious threats to assessment integrity, authorship norms, and equity of access, particularly for international students and institutions from the Global South. Conclusion: AI is not merely a technical tool but a transformative force that demands systemic, ethical, and pedagogical responses across the entire academic ecosystem, including assessment redesign, integrated AI literacy curricula, and the development of coherent global ethical governance frameworks for AI use in academic research.

Optimizing Decision-Making in Guidance and Counseling Programs: A Systematic Review of The CIPP Evaluation Model

Kadek Ayu Gayatri Astha — 2026-03-31

Aim: This study aims to examine the CIPP evaluation model as a decision-making tool in the development of Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling programs through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) approach. The review was conducted on 12 reputable scientific articles selected based on the PRISMA protocol from a scholarly search engine, namely Google Scholar. Data analysis utilized thematic synthesis to systematically identify patterns of findings across studies. The results of the study addressed two main research questions. First, the CIPP model has been widely applied in various contexts of Guidance and Counseling (BK) programs within educational institutions, demonstrating the ability to comprehensively diagnose program conditions across all components: context, input, process, and product. Second, the CIPP model significantly contributes as a decision-making tool in Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling programs, both structurally in evaluating program aspects and strategically in supporting data-driven counselor accountability. These findings imply that the consistent application of the CIPP model can improve the quality of guidance and counseling services, strengthen counselors’ professional competencies, and provide an empirical foundation for educational policy-making oriented toward the optimal development of students.