فاعلية برنامج إرشاد جمعي في خفض الضغوط النفسية التي تواجه طلاب الملاحظة الأكاديمية الذكور في جامعة السلطان قابوس

Abstract EN

This study aimed at developing a group counseling program based on the rational-emotive Approach, and investigating the effectiveness of this program on reducing stress using a sample of (26 male) undergraduate of the academic probation students in the College of Education at Sultan Qaboos University in the academic year 2010.

The participants were randomly divided into two groups: an experimental group and a control group, each consisting of (13) students.

The group counseling program was applied on the experimental group only.

The results of (ANCOVA) showed significant differences in reducing stress among the experimental group students compared to the control group (α = 0.05).

This clearly indicates that the program is effective in reducing stress of the experimental group.

The study highlights the importance to offer counseling programs based on the rational-emotive approach to students and provide them with appropriate techniques to cope with stress.