The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of the REBT group counseling program on self-esteem and school adjustment of elementary school students.
For this purpose, the following research hypotheses were established:
Hypothesis 1 : Th...
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of the REBT group counseling program on self-esteem and school adjustment of elementary school students.
For this purpose, the following research hypotheses were established:
Hypothesis 1 : The REBT group counseling program would improve self-esteem of elementary school students.
Hypothesis 2 : The REBT group counseling program would improve school adjustment of elementary school students.
To verify these hypothesis, 24 students of 5th grade at S elementary school in Jeon-ju city volunteered the research.
After pre-test for self-esteem and school adjustment degree, they were divided into two groups. The experimental group was consisted of 12 students and REBT group counseling program was adapted. The comparative group was consisted of 12 students with no training.
Experiment continued for four weeks : the experimental group received the REBT group counseling for 50 minutes a day, 2 times a week, 8 sessions in all.
A week after experimental group finished the REBT group counseling program, the experimental and control group were given post-test.
After the treatment, collected data were analyzed with T-verification using SPSS(15.0 version) program.
The results were as follow:
First, The experimental group with REBT group counseling showed significantly higher improvement than control group in self-esteem(p<.01).
Second, The experimental group with REBT group counseling showed significantly higher improvement than control group in school adjustment(p<.01).
In conclusion, findings of this research might imply that REBT group counseling program can help self-esteem and school adjustment of elementary school students.