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Group Counseling with the Gestalt Technique to Reduce Academic Procrastination - A critique paper

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Effectiveness of Gestalt Approach in Counseling

Group Counseling with the Gestalt Technique to Reduce Academic Procrastination


In the study titled “Group Counseling with the Gestalt Technique to Reduce Academic
Procrastination” published in July 2020 issued by the International Journal of Emerging
Technologies in Learning (iJET). Gading (2020) in his research article, experimented with the
students in four high schools that were indicated to have high academic procrastination behavior.
The purpose of this study was to see how effective group counseling using the Gestalt method
was at alleviating academic procrastination in high school students. The study used a posttest-
only control group design experiment with two groups, one of which does not receive a treatment
or intervention, and data will be gathered on the outcome measure after the intervention or
treatment.
Academic procrastination was the practice of avoiding academic homework, which led to
academic failure, academic dissatisfaction, and stress. Other variables influenced academic
procrastination behavior. It was also determined that maturity, school year, timetable, the
intensity of procrastination, self-concept, and self-efficacy all influenced school procrastination.
The rise of academic procrastination could not be ignored as it was linked to academic
achievement. Moreover, since it took time to investigate the reasons for school procrastination,
these strategies were slow to put in place. A strategy focusing on the expected results without
identifying the source was needed to make the process more efficient. As a result, Gestalt was a
potentially useful strategy in this circumstance.
Gestalt theory is a learning field theory that states that a human's behavior to a
circumstance is determined by how he interprets it. The sensory field is arranged around 'figure'
and 'ground.' What a person observes and understands as a response to his sensory experience is
determined by how he views this figure-ground connection. This approach was a group
counseling approach that utilized group dynamics to establish a setting that enabled counselees
to completely understand what they were experiencing and improve the quality of contact they
had with other people. The Gestalt approach was employed in group therapy sessions to educate
high school students to manage academic procrastination.
The experiment of utilizing the Gestalt technique to treat high school students is
beneficial in reducing their difficulties with academic procrastination behavior, and the results
suggest that group counseling with the Gestalt approach is effective in overcoming high school
students' academic procrastination. The test demonstrates that group counseling using the Gestalt
technique is beneficial; nevertheless, Gestalt therapy typically elicits powerful sentiments and
emotions, which may not be acceptable for all people. This form of treatment may also be
inappropriate for people who struggle with self-control or misbehavior.
Source:
Gading, I. K. (2020). Group Counseling with The Gestalt Technique to Reduce Academic
Procrastination. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 15(14), pp.
262–268. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i14.14465

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