فعالية برنامج إرشادي قائم على فنيات علم النفس الإيجابي في تنمية التعاطف مع الذات و خفض الشعور بالوصمة لدى الأحداث الجانحين المودعين بدار الملاحظة الاجتماعية

Abstract EN

The aim of this study is to prepare a counseling program based on some techniques of positive psychology for self-compassion-development and lessening feeling of stigma among juvenile delinquents at the observation home.

it also aimed to reveal the differences between the controlled group and the experimental group in the level of self-compassion and self-compassion after applying the counseling program.

the researcher used the quasi-experimental approach because it is suitable for the variables in the research.

this process included an experimental group and a controlled group to conduct pre and post measurements for self-compassion and feeling of stigma.

the research sample consisted of (20) (juveniles who had high grades in the level of feeling of stigma among.

the sample was divided into two groups : a : the controlled group consisted of “10”) juveniles, and the experimental group which also consisted of “10) juveniles.

self-compassion scale (prepared by Neff in 2003 and translated into Arabic by Abd al-Rahman and al-Dabaa (2014) and stigma scale (prepared by Saleh al-Shehri, 1430) and the counseling program based on the techniques of positive psychology (prepared by the researcher) were applied to them.

the results of the research revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the members of the experimental and controlled groups after the applying the counseling program.

the differences came in favor of the experimental group, and that the counseling program is effective in self-compassion-development and lessening feeling of stigma.

the researcher recommended that there should be intensification and development of counseling programs related to self-compassion-development and lessening feeling of stigma with different age stages, and different guidance methods as well.