برنامج ارشادي مقترح لخفض الانحياز للتفاؤل لدى طالبات الجامعة

Abstract EN

An optimism bias is a bias that causes a person to believe that they are less likely than others to experience a negative event.

Four factors contribute to making an individual has an optimistic bias : his desired end state, his cognitive mechanisms, and the information he has about himself in relation to others.

Optimistic bias appears in a number of situations and from this point of view, the current research aims at identifying the optimism bias among university students.

For the purpose of achieving the research objectives, the researcher has prepared the optimism bias scale according to the (Weinstein) model, where the optimism bias scale is administered to (100) female students.

The results of the research has concluded that the intermediate school students have optimism bias in general.

The current research is nothing but a scientific attempt to develop a proposed counseling program to reduce optimism bias, which is a problem that is reflected in the educational performance of female students at the university.

The counseling services are among the priorities of the educational process, where the psychological and educational counseling provides counseling, advice and immunization for the student in the course of their academic life.

It gudes situations that confuse them and how they perceive the situation correctly.

Thus, respond to the situations that individuals tend to believe that they are more vulnerable than others to positive events with poise and courage.

The researcher has recommended a number of recommendations in the light of the research results and a number of suggestions.