Farzaneh Nahidpoor; Mansoor Ali Hameedy; khadijeh zamanlo; Majid ghalkhani
Volume 3, Issue 10 , March 2013, , Pages 61-74
Abstract
One of the most serious problems of blind peoplein their lives is the difficulty in adjusting to their disability. When theblind person doesn’t succeed in adjusting to his/her condition and toenvironment in general, insecurity and frustration will set in and that wouldcause to misbehaviors. Thus, ...
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One of the most serious problems of blind peoplein their lives is the difficulty in adjusting to their disability. When theblind person doesn’t succeed in adjusting to his/her condition and toenvironment in general, insecurity and frustration will set in and that wouldcause to misbehaviors. Thus, the aim of current research was investigating the impact of group counselingwith rational-emotive-behavior approach on increasing adjustment of blindstudents. The research method wasQuasi-experimental method with pre-test and post-test design with one group. 7blind students were selected via availablesampling procedure that diagnosed maladjustment with utilizing blind adjustment questionnaireand participated at 10 sessions of group counseling with rational-emotive-behaviorapproach. after ending group counselingsessions, participants answered to adjustment questionnaire again. Analyzingdata with paired samples t test indicated that group counseling withrational-emotive-behavior approach was effective at increasing general,emotional, social, and educational adjustment of blind students. With regard toresearch findings could say that , rational-emotive-behavior approach isaffective method for increasing adjustment of blind students