GESTALT GAME TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ADAPTABILITY IN PONDOK PESANTREN

Abstract

This study aims at finding the effectiveness of guidance and counselling through Gestalt
Game technique in improving students’ adaptability in two Islamic boarding schools. The
study was conducted by using a pretest-posttest nonequivalent group design involving four
groups of students from two different Islamic boarding schools. The study considered the
influnce of gender and boarding school environment towards the effectiveness of Gestalt
Game. It was conducted by controlling heterogenity in students’ adaptability before the
treatment as well as students’ religiosity. The study shows that Gestalt Game is effective
in improving adaptability of the students in the two Islamic boarding schools involved
in the study. Moreover, the study reveals that Gestalt Game does not affect gender and
Islamic boarding schools’ environment.
Keywords: Gestalt Game; students’ adaptability; students’ religiosity