THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A PROGRAM BASED ON RATIONAL EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORAL COUNSELING TO REDUCE THE LEARNED HELPLESSNESS OF THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED IN RIYADH

Abstract

The present study aimed to find out the effectiveness of a program based on rational emotional behavioural counselling in reducing the learned helplessness of the physically disabled in Riyadh. The researchers used the quasi-experimental approach based on the experimental design. Moreover, the study relied on two tools, namely, the Learned Helplessness Scale, prepared by Quinless et al. translated by the researchers, and a rational, emotional, behavioural, counselling program. The study sample included 20 young people with motor disabilities, equally divided into two main groups, namely, (experimental and control). Their ages ranged between (20-30) years. Moreover, the results of this study reflected that there were obvious statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental and control group members in the level of learned helplessness, after applying the program sessions based on rational, emotional, behavioural counselling. Such differences were related to and in favour of the experimental group. It was also found that there are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group in the level of learned helplessness, before and after the application of the program based on rational, emotional, behavioural counselling. These differences were in favour of the post-test. Finally, the results reflected the existence of statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group in the learned helplessness between the two tests; the post-test and the Follow-up test, of the program based on rational, emotional and behavioural counselling. These differences were in favour of the Follow-up application.