Religious-Based Group Guidance to Improve Students' Life Skills in Overcoming Depression

This research, a religious-based group guidance model for improving students' life skills in overcoming depression, is based on the results of a preliminary study that showed that some students exhibit maladjustment behavior in dealing with life problems, often prioritizing their emotions. Conscience-based group guidance is still rarely implemented in higher education. The objectives of this research are (1) to describe the empirical condition of students' life skills, and (2) to determine how a religious-based group guidance model improves students' life skills in overcoming depression. This study uses a qualitative research model. Data collection in the study includes: observation, interviews, focus group discussions (FGDs), and tests, which will be administered in the form of test performance to determine students' life skills. Data Validity: To increase data credibility, extended observation, research diligence, triangulation, peer discussion, negative case analysis, and member checking were used. Data Analysis included the following stages: 1) data collection, 2) data reduction, 3) data presentation, and 4) conclusion or verification. The research results indicate that religious-based guidance can help overcome depression. These findings are expected to be useful for teachers in the Guidance and Counseling Study Program.