This Study was aimed to evaluate the effects of the self-esteem program(Ten Days to Self-esteem) which was developed by Burns(1993) on the base of Ellis's theory of Rational Emotive behavioral Therapy. The program is based on the idea that the negativ...
This Study was aimed to evaluate the effects of the self-esteem program(Ten Days to Self-esteem) which was developed by Burns(1993) on the base of Ellis's theory of Rational Emotive behavioral Therapy. The program is based on the idea that the negative thoughts and attitudes have a profound impact on negative feelings such as loneliness, depression, guilt, inferiority. and low self-esteem. The posttest design with control group was employed for this study. The self-esteem program composed of ten steps(ten weeks) was practiced under the leading of co-researcher(Chang) to 41 high school students(19 boys and 22 girls) of lst graders. And another 41 high school students(19 boys and 22 girls) of lst graders were participated as control group. The Depression Checklist(15 items). The Anxiety Inventory(33 items). And The Relationship Satisfaction Scale(7 items) were administered to the experimental group before and after the ten week-treatment and to the control group after the ten weeks.
Three research problems were established: (1)Does the program have an effect on the treatment of the negative feelings such as depression. Anxiety, interpersonal conflicts? (2)Are there sex differences of the effects of the program on the treatment of the negative feelings? (3)Does the level of intellectual abilities have the impact on the treatment of the negative feelings?
Major findings of this study were as follows: (1)The program was found out to have the effects on the program effects and the significant impact of intellectual abilities(such as school achievements and IQ) on the treatment of negative feelings were not found. In conclusion, it could be said that the program developed by Burns(1993) has an significant effects on the treatment of the negative feelings of high school students and may be used as a educational program to help make the lives of high school students healthier and happier.