Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di SMP Negeri 7 Tarakan, terdapat siswa yang memiliki perilaku kurang sopan terhadap temannya, seperti melanggar aturan dan tata tertib, kurang memiliki etika bergaul yang berlaku di lingkungan sekolah. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh penerapan teknik sosiodrama dalam meningkatkan etika pergaulan siswa di SMP Negeri 7 Tarakan. Populasi yang digunakan siswa kelas VIII berjumlah 215 siswa, penarikan sampel yang digunakan adalah Purposive sampling berjumlah 8 siswa, kriteria penarikan sampel berdasarkan hasil pre-test terendah. Metode penelitian menggunakan Pre-Experimental Design dengan model One Group Pre-test Post-test. Prosedur penelitian ini dilakukan sebanyak 12 kali pertemuan. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis deskriptif dan analisis inferensial dengan uji hipotesis Wilxocon. Hasil analisis uji Wilxocon diperoleh nilai Sig (2-tailed) 028< 0,05 maka Ho ditolak dan Ha diterima yang artinya terdapat pengaruh penerapan teknik sosiodrama dalam meningkatkan etika pergaulan siswa di SMP Negeri 7 Tarakan. Berdasarkan skor Pre-test keseluruhan sampel berada pada kategori sedang, pada skor Post-test terdapat 6 siswa berada pada kategori tinggi dan 2 siswa berada pada kategori sedang, penyebab siswa tidak mengalami perubahan kategori yaitu pada saat penelitian berlangsung siswa tidak serius dalam mengikuti kegiatan, tidak berpartisipasi aktif dan cenderung meremehkan kegiatan. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh penerapan teknik sosiodrama dalam meningkatkan etika pergaulan siswa di SMP Negeri 7 Tarakan. Saran bagi peneliti selanjutnya dapat menggunakan layanan konseling individual bagi siswa yang tidak serius dalam mengikuti jalannya proses penelitian.

Kata Kunci: Etika Pergaulan, Teknik Sosiodrama

This research was conducted at SMPN 7 Tarakan, there were students who had impolite behavior towards their friends, such as breaking rules and the code of conduct, lacking social ethics that apply in the school environment. This research aims to determine the effect of sociodrama techniques to improve students' social ethics at SMPN 7 Tarakan. The population of this study was 215 students from class VIII, with 8 students as purposive sampling, sampling criteria are based on the results lowest pre-test. The research method uses Pre-Experimental Design with One Group Pre-test Post-test models. This research procedure was done in 12 meetings Data analysis techniques use descriptive analysis and inferential analysis with Wilxocon hypothesis testing Test results of the Wilcoxon test analysis obtained a Sig (2-tailed) 028 0.05 means that Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted, which means that there is an effect of the application of sociodrama techniques to improve students' social ethics at SMPN 7 Tarakan. Based on the pre- test scores the entire sample was in the moderate category, on the post-test score: there were 6 students in the high category and 2 students in the medium category, the reason why students did not experience a change in category was that at the time the research was taking place, the students were not serious about taking part in the activities, did not participate actively and tended to underestimate the activities. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that there is an influence of the application of sociodrama techniques to improve students' social ethics at SMPN 7 Tarakan Suggestions for future researchers include using individual counseling services for students who are not serious about following the research process. Keywords: Social Ethics, Sociodrama Techniques