The Development Model of Semar Counselling to Improve the Self-Esteem of Vocational Students with Psychological Distress

The development of the Semar counselling model is a new breakthrough as a pioneer of the counselling model of Indonesian cultural thinking, which was developed to improve the self-esteem of vocational students who experience psychological distress. The research procedure was adapted from the development research procedure of previous study, which consists of three stages: preparation stage, product preparation stage and test phase or product validation. An expert and a counsellor assessed the development of the Semar counselling model to improve the self-esteem of vocational students who experience psychological distress. They found that the acceptance criteria were met based on the Standards for Evaluation of Educational Programs, Projects and Materials. The result of a field trial using pretest and posttest control group design, Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and two independent Maim-Whitney U Sample Tests showed that the Semar counselling model is more effective in improving the self-esteem of vocational students who experience psychological distress.