The effect of cognitive behavioural psychoeducation program which aims to reduce the submissive behaviours, on the interpersonal sensitivity, the hostility

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the cognitive behavioral psychoeducation program which aims to reduce the submissive behaviours, on the interpersonal sensitivity and the hostility. The research was carried out with high school students studying at 12th class of an Ümraniye Merkez Anadolu high school located in Istanbul during 2014-2015 academic year. Submissive Behaviours Scale and Brief Symptom Inventory were used for selecting the experimental objects. 24 students who met the inclusion criteria were assigned randomly to experimental (n= 12) and control groups (n=12). After the groups were formed, 10-week sessions were started for experiment group. Psychoeducation program, which was based on cognitive behavioural approach, was applied to the experiment group in order to see the decrease of submissive behaviours, whereas any program was not executed for control group. The data were analysed by two-factor ANOVA for mixed designs (Split-Plot). Group differences were investigated by using Bonferroni test. Data provided that students who were under different experimental conditions affected their pre-test, post-test and follow-up test scores differently. To determine the reason of this difference Bonferroni Adjustment multiple comparisons tests were used. The results of Bonferroni adjustment multiple comparisons tests and the variance analysis showed that psychoeducation program is effective for decreasing the submissive behaviours, interpersonal sensitivity and hostility and it was seen that the effect continues to increase as well as being permanent after 2 months. Results of this study showed that cognitive behavioral psychoeducation program can be used to reduce submissive behaviours for adolescents. Keywords: Submissive Behaviours, Interpersonal Sensitivity, Hostility, Psychoeducation Program