College students deal with various events that can increase stress levels and
negatively impact their lives. The study aimed to investigate the effect of
solution-focused brief counseling (SFBC) on reducing college students' stress
levels. The hypothesis suggested a decrease after comparing the stress level
with SFBC before the intervention. The Participants consisted of 6 active
postgraduate psychology students with moderate and high-stress levels.
Furthermore, the study used a one-group pretest-posttest design, and the data
were obtained through the Stress Scale for College Students (SSCS) and
interview. The intervention used SFBC, and was conducted in four meetings.
In analyzing the data, the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was used to
determine the difference in experimental group values between before and
after the intervention. The result showed that there are differences in stress
levels before and after the procedure, and its drastic decrease in participants
was observed after the intervention.