The investigation of the effect of psycho-education program based on cognitive behavioral approach on psychological resilience

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of psycho-education program based on cognitive behavioral approach on psychological resilience. The sub-objectives of the study are to investigate the effect of psycho-education program based on cognitive behavioral approach on irrational belief and subjective well-being. 29 high school students participated in the study. The experimental group consisted of 15 persons and the control group consisted of 14 persons. The Resilience Scale developed by Gürgan (2006) as a data collection tool in the study, the Irrational Beliefs Scale-Adlescent Form developed by Türküm (2005), the Subjective Well-being Scale-High School Form developed by Özen (2005) and The Determination of Risk Factors developed by Terzi (2008) was used. In the study, psycho-education program based on cognitive behavioral approach was applied to experimental group in 10 sessions, once a week. No study was performed with the control group. 2x3 experimental design was used in the research. The post-test was administered after the research was completed and follow-up measurements were performed five months later. ANCOVA and ANOVA statistical analysis were used to analyze the data. As a result of the analyzes, it is concluded that there is an increase in psychological resilience levels and a decrease in irrational belief levels of students who participated in psycho-education program based on cognitive behavioral approach. It is concluded that there isn't change in the subjective well-being of the students before and after the application. It is concluded that the changes in psychological resilience and irrational belief levels of the students continued in the five-month follow-up period. Findings; psycho-education program based on the cognitive behavioral approach used in this study is effective in increasing the psychological resilience levels and reducing irrational belief levels of high school students.