Incorporating Traditional Games in Group Counseling: Its Impact on Social Intelligence

Abstract

The present work explores the impact of incorporating Gorontalo traditional games in group counseling on the social intelligence of students. It employed a pre-experimental design with a one-group pre-test and post-test. Variable X and Y refer to traditional game-based group counseling and social intelligence, respectively. The subject involved 15 students of SMPN 1 Tapa, Bone Bolango Regency. All data were retrieved from questionnaires and were further analyzed using the T-test. The result of hypothesis testing reveals that t_count (18.917) > t_table (2.98). In other words, Gorontalo traditional games in group counseling are significant to the social intelligence of the students.