THE ROLE OF PEER GROUP COUNSELING IN PREVENTING EARLY MARRIAGE AMONG CLASS IX STUDENT AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1 JATINEGARA TEGAL REGENCY IN THE 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

Early marriage is a social phenomenon that has a serious impact on the development of teenagers in Jatinegara. The aim of this research is to find out the understanding of early marriage before and after being provided with peer group counseling services, to find out the role of peer group counseling in preventing early marriage among class IX students of Junior High School 1 Jatinegara. Knowing the characteristics of early marriage before and after students are given peer group counseling treatment leads to a decrease in the rate of early marriage. This research approach is a quantitative approach with a pretest and post test design. Data collection using questionnaires, observation, interviews and documentation. The data analysis technique uses validity and reliability tests and the t test.