Editorial

Authors

Abstract

One of the most serious problems of blind people
in their lives is the difficulty in adjusting to their disability. When the
blind person doesn’t succeed in adjusting to his/her condition and to
environment in general, insecurity and frustration will set in and that would
cause to misbehaviors. Thus, the aim of current research was investigating the impact of group counseling
with rational-emotive-behavior approach on increasing adjustment of blind
students. The research method was
Quasi-experimental method with pre-test and post-test design with one group. 7
blind students were selected via available
sampling procedure that diagnosed maladjustment with utilizing blind adjustment questionnaire
and participated at 10 sessions of group counseling with rational-emotive-behavior
approach.  after ending group counseling
sessions, participants answered to adjustment questionnaire again. Analyzing
data with paired samples t test indicated that group counseling with
rational-emotive-behavior approach was effective at increasing general,
emotional, social, and educational adjustment of blind students. With regard to
research findings could say that , rational-emotive-behavior approach is
affective method for increasing adjustment of blind students

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