Pendampingan Pastoral dan Konseling Dalam Pengembangan Karakter Serta Peningkatan Kecerdasan Emosional Mahasiswa di Asrama Putra IAKN Tarutung

Abstract

This research aims to find out whether there are any influences and changes that have occurred by the IAKN Tarutung men's dormitory in character formation and increasing students' emotional intelligence. This research uses qualitative methods with descriptive research type. This research activity was carried out in three cycles, in cycle I we still looked at the condition of the dormitory and asked a little about the dormitory, then in cycle II we started asking questions at the BPH men's dormitory, and in cycle III we asked about problems and changes in the character of the students there. dormitory to the dormitory supervisor. With this qualitative research, the author explores as much information as possible from each source, observations and literature studies. The achievements of this research include that it can be seen that students who used to like smoking now no longer smoke, there are students who still smoke but have slowly reduced it, there are those who used to wake up late in the morning, now they are used to getting up early to do morning worship and prayer hours and it can also be seen from the interactions between new students and other seniors who have good interactions, and so on. Based on the research that has been carried out, it can be concluded that the IAKN Tarutung men's dormitory plays a role in changing the character of students and this continues to this day.