The Effectiveness of Group Counseling with Rational-Emotional-Behavioral Approach (REBT) Self-Efficacy and Social and Emotional Adjustment of Boy Students

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group counseling practices Rational-emotive-behavior Albert Ellis on self-efficacy and social adjustment And emotional students living in dormitories is done. A quasi-experimental study, the experimental and control groups before and after the procedure are. The population of all the male students constitutes Shahid Beheshti University dormitory  To assess the efficacy and compatibility of social and emotional status of students Sherer General Self-Efficacy (1982) Questionnaire and the Bell (1961) compatibility questionnaire on all students  Living in the dormitory of the boys was held. After extraction results, To determine the experimental and control groups, respectively, in the self-test people The results obtained were lower in the social and emotional compatibility test people  The poor results were achieved were identified. Then randomly 30 Among those, set out in two groups of fifteen subjects were randomly assigned experimental and control groups. The experimental group for 8 sessions, 90-minute and once a week group counseling program to rational-emotive behavioral practices experienced. After the group counseling sessions, both groups were tested again with the questionnaire mentioned. Data from this study using analysis of covariance (MANOVA) were analyzed. The results showed that group counseling rational-emotive behavioral practices Ellis, Improved self-efficacy and social and emotional adjustment in students.