The Effectiveness of Siswa Tangguh Training to Improve Mental Toughness on Students of Junior High School in Medan

Rahmi Rizky, Desvi Yanti Mukhtar, Fasti Rola

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This research aims to evaluate how effectively Siswa Tangguh Training to increasing mental toughness of junior high school students. Siswa Tangguh Training is a psychoeducation developed by researcher based on similar training modules. This research used quantitative methods with quasi experimental design. Participants in this study were 32 junior high school students in Medan and they were separated into the experimental group and the control group. The results of the Kruskal Wallis test showed Chi square = 17.307, p <0.05, which means Siswa Tangguh Training has significant influence on the level of students’s mental toughness. The Siswa Tangguh Training has a big impact on students as well test showed  U = 29, d = 1.03 (55.4%). This results indicate that Siswa Tangguh Training is effective to increasing mental toughness on junior high school students.


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Mental toughness; Training; Junior high school students

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.52155/ijpsat.v41.2.5771

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