The effectiveness of a counselling programme in relaxing social anxiety related to irrational thinking among Saudi college students
Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This study is meant to replicate research by O'Toole (1997), investigating the effectiveness of Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT), and REBT combined with REST, in reducing and treating social anxiety disorder (SAD).The present study used a counselling programme grounded in REBT and/or REST to re-examine the effects of REBT and/or REST on treating SAD in college students in a Saudi Arabian university.An experimental pre-test, post-test, control group design was utilised, and quantitative and content analysis data were collected and analysed using O'Toole's measures after being 'Arabicised' and standardised.Social anxiety was measured using the Interaction Anxiousness Scale and the Shyness Scale.Seventy-five volunteers, who were undergraduate students at King Abdul Aziz University, participated in the study.The measures were used in placing the clients in their respective groups in the empirical study and for comparing pre-testing data with post-testing and follow-up results. I express my appreciation to my supervisor, Professor
Author: Jahaz Fahad Al-Moteri
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2581903616