Influence Game of Dialogue on the Type of Counseling Communication Skills Students

Abstract

This research is quantitative research experiments to test a technique applied in or affecting a particular State. The development process procedures Gestalt therapeutic counselling techniques to overcome anxiety dialog game communication based construct Burgon and Rufnerr based on the concept Joyce and Sill. Instruments used by Likert scale model. Test the validity of research instrument through validity test by three experts and also performed using Pearson Product Moment by correlating the item score, total score and the reliability test using Cronbach Alpha formula. Furthermore, the data obtained were analysed using Pearson Product Moment test to answer the hypothesis. The results of this research indicate that prior to the implementation of the application of game dialog (pre-test) the ability to communicate the students tend to be low with an average of 53 and after execution the application of game dialog (post-test) the development of communication skills of students has increased by an average of 59.6. From the results of hypothesis test obtained t_count = 2.773 and t_table= 1.833 so that the results obtained t-count > t-table (2.773> 1.833). Thus it can be concluded that the application dialog gaming services can impact the ability to communicate with students. The research was conducted on Senior High School students Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia.