Efektivitas Digital Detox Berbasis Bimbingan Kelompok Dengan Pendekatan CBT Untuk Menurunkan Perilaku Nomophobia Siswa

The increasing use of smartphones among adolescents has given rise to nomophobia, a form of anxiety experienced when individuals are unable to access their smartphones, which negatively affects students’ psychological well-being. This study examined the effectiveness of a group guidance-based digital detox intervention using a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach in reducing nomophobia among students at SMAN 4 Makassar. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design was employed, involving 16 eleventh-grade students selected through purposive sampling and divided equally into experimental and control groups. Nomophobia was measured using the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) adapted from Yildirim and Correia, and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and an Independent Sample t-Test on gain scores. The results showed that both groups initially had moderate-to-high nomophobia levels. After six sessions combining self-monitoring, cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation, and relapse prevention, the experimental group shifted significantly toward the low and moderate categories, while the control group remained largely unchanged, confirming the intervention’s effectiveness in reducing students’ nomophobia behavior.