Efficiency of a Counseling Program Based on Emotional Competency in Reducing Aggressive Behavior and Improving Self- esteem among Students of Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Grades in Al- Hallabat Algharbi School in Jordan

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of a counseling program

based upon emotional competency in reducing aggressive behavior and

improving self- esteem among elementary stage students. The sample of the

study consisted of (30) participants of Eighth, Ninth and Tenth grades, in

Qaser Al- Hallabat Algharbi School located in the Second Zarqa Educational

District, which scored high on the aggressive behavior scale.

Participants were randomly distributed into two groups: experimental

and control. The experimental group consisted of 15 participants who received

counseling program based on emotional competency. The program consisted

of (12) sessions, and lasted for seven weeks, whereas, the participants in the

control group, which included 15 participants, did not receive any counseling

training. The participants in the two groups responded to the aggressive

behavior scale and self- esteem scale before and after applying the program

and after a follow- up period.

The results of this study revealed significant differences in favor of the

experimental group in reducing aggressive behavior, and improving selfesteem,

in the post and follow- up measurements.

 Efficiency of a Counseling Program, Emotional

Competency, Aggressive Behavior, Self- esteem, Al- Hallabat Algharbi School