Effectiveness of Logo Therapy in Reducing Machiavellianism among High Achievers at Minia University

Abstract

The current study aimed at building a therapeutic program based on the logo therapy by Frankl, identifying its effectiveness in reducing Machiavellianism with its fve components (exploiting others, cheating, lack of ethics at work, selfshness, and lack of respect for others’ feelings), as well as identifying the difference in the effectiveness of the used program for the therapy group according to sex and its continuity in reducing Machiavellianism. The therapy group consisted of 12 second and fourth divisions students at the Faculty of Education in Minia University. The Machiavellianism scale by Mohammed and Moawd )1998( was used after being adapted. This is in addition to the logo therapeutic program designed by the researcher. It was found that the used program was effective in reducing Machiavellianism. There were no statistically signifcant sex differences in the effectiveness of the used program. In addition, results revealed the effectiveness of the therapeutic program continued in the follow-up period using the appropriate statistical techniques.