The Effect of A Rational - Emotive Training program in Reducing the Level of Irrational Thinking of Irbid National University students

Abstract

This study aimed at determining the effect of a Rational - Emotive training program in reducing the level of Irrational Thinking of Irbid national university students. Seventy – seven students were selected as subjects of the study from Irbid National University students, based on a diagnostic scale to determine their level of Irrational Thinking. The participants were randomly distributed to an experimental group (40) subjects, who received a Rational - Emotive training program through group counseling, and a control group (37) subjects who did not receive any training. The program lasted for (12) weeks, with a (60) minute session. The results revealed significant differences in the level of Irrational Thinking, in favor of the experimental group, and did not reveal significant differences in the level of Irrational Thinking according to the dependent variable: (Sex) was except the ideas (1, 2, 5, 7, 10) in favor of female students. Members of the experimental group maintained their improvement when the follow up measurement was administered.