<![CDATA[The development of social media has positive and negative impacts on society, especially students. One effort to reduce addiction to the use of social media is a group guidance service using self-management techniques. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of group guidance services using self-management techniques to reduce addiction to the use of social media. This study uses a pseudo experimental from the Non-Equivalent Control Group. The population in this study was Bener Meriah High School students with a sample of 18 students. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling. The results showed that the average score of addicted social media users in the experimental group average pre-test score was 216.22 in the next high category, the average post-test score decreased to 191 and in the medium category. In the control group, Before group guidance services were provided, the pre-test score averaged 219.56 in the high category. Furthermore, after being given group guidance services without using self-management techniques, the average post-test score dropped to 199 in the high category. Based on the results of this study, it was concluded that group guidance services using effective self-management techniques to reduce student addiction to the use of social media.]]>
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