The Effects of Group Counseling with Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy on Prosocial Behaviors of Undergraduate Students
Keywords:
prosocial behavior, group counseling, rational, emotive, behavior therapyAbstract
The purposes of this research were to study the effect of group consulting with rational emotive behavior therapy on prosocial behavior of undergraduate students. The samples were undergraduate students of Music and Performing Arts Burapha University, academic year 2017, had a low level of prosocial behavior scores. There were 30 volunteers in the experimental, of which 15 were experimental group and 15 control group. The experimental group received a group counseling based on rational emotive behavior therapy for the development of prosocial behaviors, 10 sessions, 60 minutes, twice a week for 5 weeks, and the control group did not receive the group counseling. Data were collected by three phases of measurement; pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The data were analyzed by average, standard deviation, and t-test. The results showed that the experimental group had higher prosocial behavior score at the post-test and follow-up than the control group were statistically significant at .05 level. The experimental group had prosocial behavior scores in the post-test and the follow-up higher than pre-test were a statistically significant at .05 level.
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อธิวัฒน์ รัตนวงศ์แข, ศจีมาศ ณ วิเชียร และปิ่นกนก วงศ์ปิ่นเพชร. (2558). ผลการพัฒนาพฤติกรรมเอื้อต่อ สังคมของบุคลากรสายสนับสนุน มหาวิทยาลัยเอกชนแห่งหนึ่ง ในกรุงเทพมหานคร. วารสารวิชาการสมาคมสถาบันอุดมศึกษาเอกชนแห่งประเทศไทย. 21 (2): 103-110.
Baumeister, R. F., & Bushman, B. J., (2011). Social Psychology and Human Nature. 2 nd ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
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Caprara, G. V., Steca, P., Zelli, A., & Capanna, C. (2005). A New scale for measuring adults’ prosocialness. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 21 (2): 77–89.
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Edmonds, W. A., & Kennedy, T. (2017). An Applied Guide to Research Designs. SAGE Thousand Oaks: Publications.
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Glick, B., & Gibbs, J. C. (2010). Aggression Replacement Training: A Comprehensive Intervention for Aggressive Youth. United States of America: Research Press.
Kostelnik, M. J., Gregory, K. M., Soderman, A. K., & Whiren, A. P. (2012). Guiding Children’s Social Development and Learning. 7th ed. Belmont. CA: Wadsworth.
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Myers, D. G. (2012). Social Psychology. 10 th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies.
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Powers, J. D., Swick, D. C., Wegmann, K. M., & Watkins, C. S. (2016). Supporting prosocial development through school-based mental health services: A multisite evaluation of social and behavioral outcomes across one academic year. Social Work in Mental Health. 14 (1): 22-41.
Saelid, G. A., & Nordahl, H. M. (2017). Rational emotive behaviour therapy in high schools to educate in mental health and empower youth health. A randomized controlled study of a brief intervention. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 46 (3): 196-210.
Steins, G., & Haep, A. (2015). Social learning and rational-emotive education: An Exploratory investigation of students’ perspective. Psychology. 6 (9): 1096-1107.
Ugwoke, S. C., Eseadi, C., Igbokwe, C. C., Chiaha, G. T., Nwaubani, O. O., Orji, C. T., & Onu, E. A. (2017). Effects of a rational-emotive health education intervention on stress management and irrational beliefs among technical college teachers in Southeast Nigeria. Medicine. 96 (31): 1-6.
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Warren, J. M. (2013). School counselor consultation: Teachers’ experiences with rational Emotive behavior therapy. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. 31 (1): 1-15.
Wood, A. G., Barker, J. B., Turner, M., & Sheffield, D. (2017). Examining the Effects of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) on Performance Outcomes in Elite Paralympic Athletes. Scandinavian journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 28 (1): 329–339.
Xu, L., & Liu, H. (2017). Effects of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) Intervention Program on Mental Health in Female College Students. NeuroQuantology. 15 (4): 156-161.
Yanagida, T., Strohmeier, D., & Spiel, C. (2016). Dynamic change of aggressive behavior and victimization among adolescents: Effectiveness of the ViSC program. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. 7 (1): 1-15.
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โสภณสุวภาพ ไ., ศรุติปกรณ์ พ. ., ภูสุวรรณ ธ., ยิ่งดำนุ่น ก., & นิมสุวรรณ ข. (2018). The Effects of Group Counseling with Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy on Prosocial Behaviors of Undergraduate Students. DRIRDI Research for Community Service Journal, 4(2), 111–125. retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/DRURDI/article/view/252140
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