Effects of Rational Emotive Education Module on Irrational Beliefs and Stress among Fully Residential School Students in Malaysia

Mahfar, Mastura; Senin, Aslan Amat; Noah, Sidek Mohd; Ahmad, J.; Jaafar, Wan Marzuki Wan

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.692

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“…Our findings show that the negative career thoughts of the REBT group participants were significantly reduced compared with their counterparts in the waitlist control group at end of the intervention. The results support Mahfar et al (2014) whose study showed that an REBT program, whether implemented via small groups or big groups, was useful in helping students to lessen their negative thoughts. In the current study, the REBT program was made possible through group effort.…”

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“…Finally, some therapists might feel that the number of participants in the experimental group is much higher than the number required for a psychoeducation program. However, several studies, both previous and recent ones which utilized an REBT-based psychoeducation approach have consistently shown that the number of participants in two random samples does not affect the quality and effectiveness of an REBT-based psychoeducation intervention (e.g., Greaves, 1997; Kachman, & Mazer, 1990; Mahfar et al, 2014; Matin, Looyeh, Afrooz, & Dezhkam, 2012; Onyechi, Eseadi, Okere, & Otu, 2016; Rosenbaum, McMurray, & Campbell, 1991).…”

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“…Richman (1993) suggested that counselors can offer career counseling based on the REBT model to help clients modify their negative career thoughts so that they may achieve their career and personal goals during realistically unstable changes in economic conditions. Recent evidence also showed that an REBT-based program can be effective for disputing negative thoughts among students (e.g., Mahfar, Aslan, Noah, Ahmad, & Jaafar, 2014), including those thoughts related to career decision and the world of work.…”

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Effect of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy on Negative Career Thoughts of Students in Technical Colleges in Nigeria

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Negative career thoughts are cognitive barriers that interfere with an individual's career decision-making and successful career development. The current study examined the effect of rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT) on negative career thoughts of students in technical colleges in Nigeria. The study utilized a pretest-posttest control group design. One hundred and seventy-three participants from technical colleges in the Southeast zone of the country completed a measure of career thoughts at pretest, posttreatment, and follow-up: the College Students' Career Thoughts Scale. An REBT career program manual guided the intervention for 12 weeks. Data collected were analyzed using repeated-measures analysis of variance, chi-square, and t-test. Results show that the negative career thoughts of the REBT group participants were significantly reduced relative to a waitlist control group at the end of the intervention. Follow-up tests conducted after three months and six months revealed that the significant decrease in negative career thoughts of the REBT group participants was sustained. The outcomes of the current study suggest that REBT is an invaluable group therapy for assisting college students in overcoming negative thoughts associated with career choice and decision. It would be helpful if further longitudinal evaluation were implemented in Nigeria and in other countries to evaluate whether and how an REBT-based program can improve vocational maturity and vocational identity of technical college students.

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“…However, an individual who possesses irrational thoughts will live an unproductive, negative, and stressful life (Nucci, 2002). In addition, the results of most previous studies (Boelen, Kip, Voorsluijs, & van den Bout, 2004;DiLorenzo et al, 2007;Flett, Hewitt, & Cheng, 2008;Jacofsky, 2005;Mahfar et al, 2012;Montgomery, David, DiLorenzo, & Schnur, 2007;Silvergrade et al, 2001;Szentagotai & Freeman, 2007) indicate that irrational beliefs can be associated with individual stress, especially among groups of students. In Johor FRS, the findings also found a high level of irrational beliefs among students (Mahfar et al, 2012).…”

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Development of Rational Emotive Education Module for Stress Intervention of Malaysian Boarding School Students

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This article discusses the development and validation of a Rational Emotive Education (REE) module for the stress intervention of Malaysian boarding school students. The module comprises four submodules, namely, Acceptance, Feelings, Beliefs, and Disputing Beliefs that have been developed by using the Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) approach. The validation stage which was evaluated by a panel of experts showed that the module's content validity value is .92. Meanwhile, the reliability testing performed using a set of questionnaires indicated the reliability coefficient of .93 This article demonstrates how a rigorous procedure can be applied to develop and validate an effective stress intervention module before it can be administered in an actual study. The results also demonstrate how the REE module which is based on the REBT approach can be applied by school counselors for the purpose of stress intervention in an educational setting.

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“…This can result from psychological distress experiences and related to the risk of being suffered from some illness among the person. The higher the IB results in easily on being decreased in work efficiency or productivity [7][8][9][10][11]. Sure, this does not signify that workers must only passively accept the condition.…”

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The Irrational Beliefs of Balinese Female Office Workers

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Objective: This preliminary study aimed to explore the score of irrational beliefs (IBs) among Balinese female office workers in Gianyar. This is a new and very interesting issue in occupational mental health practice in Bali and Indonesia. The finding of this study will be able to use as information for an authority to create some program improvement for human resources at work setting. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional study design involved 30 participants. In this study, we measured the IBs score by self-reported questionnaire of the smith IB inventory which contained 24 items statement. Results: The means age of participants was 40.4 years old and means the length of stay was 15.2. years. In this preliminary study, we found the means score of IBs score was 52.37±10.460 (high score category). Conclusion: The score of IBs of Balinese female office workers in Gianyar was high score category. This result has a clinical impact as well as the outcome of this study can be used to be a recommendation to the government or organization to create an awareness program to decrease worker’s IBs score in purposing better their mental health, work productivity, and well-being.

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Effects of Rational Emotive Education Module on Irrational Beliefs and Stress among Fully Residential School Students in Malaysia

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Effect of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy on Negative Career Thoughts of Students in Technical Colleges in Nigeria

Effect of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy on Negative Career Thoughts of Students in Technical Colleges in Nigeria

Development of Rational Emotive Education Module for Stress Intervention of Malaysian Boarding School Students

The Irrational Beliefs of Balinese Female Office Workers

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