The Effectiveness of a Psychological Cognitive - Behavioral Counseling Program in Reducing Shyness among a Sample of Gifted Female Adolescents in a Saudi Society

Authors

  • د. نيللي حسين كامل العمروسي

Keywords:

Cognitive - Behavioral Counseling Program, Female Adolescent Students, Saudi Society

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effective of counseling psychological

program (cognitive - behavioral) in reducing the feeling of shyness among

a sample of gifted adolescent female students in Saudi society. The sample

consisted of 16 female students from the third grade and their ages are

between 14 to 16 years. The researcher applied the shyness measure

which was prepared for this study on the current sample, and then divided

the sample into two groups: the control group which consisted of 8 female

students and the experimental group which consisted of 8 female students

from gifted adolescent female students. The counseling psychological

program (cognitive - behavioral) was applied on the experimental group

only. The results showed the following:

1. There are statistically significant differences in the level of significance

(0.05) between the averages ranks degrees of members of the experimental

group related to shyness attributable to psychological guidance program

(cognitive - behavioral) .

2. There are statistically significant differences at the level of significance

(0.01) between the averages ranks of members of the two groups (control

and experimental), where the decline is evident in the experimental group

averages ranks degrees on the scale of shyness (sub- dimensions and

total degree) attributable to counseling psychological program (cognitive

- behavioral) .

3. No statistically significant differences between the averages ranks degrees

of members of the experimental group between what comes after and

what and what follows the measurements on a scale of shyness (subdimensions

and total degree)

Published

2017-05-07

How to Cite

العمروسي د. ن. ح. ك. (2017). The Effectiveness of a Psychological Cognitive - Behavioral Counseling Program in Reducing Shyness among a Sample of Gifted Female Adolescents in a Saudi Society. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Educational & Psychological Research & Studies, 3(10). Retrieved from https://journals.qou.edu/index.php/nafsia/article/view/119

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Obs.: This plugin requires at least one statistics/report plugin to be enabled. If your statistics plugins provide more than one metric then please also select a main metric on the admin's site settings page and/or on the journal manager's settings pages.