English abstract
This study aimed to build a cognitive behavioural counselling program and measuring
its effectiveness in promoting positive behaviour when using social media among post basic education female students in the Sultanate of Oman. It also aimed to identify the
degree of positive behaviour when using social media among the study sample, as well
as revealing the differences among the participants in the counselling program. The
researcher adopted the quasi -experimental approach, to reveal the effectiveness of the
counselling program. Therefore, he chose a group of (22) students that have distributed
equally into two groups, an experimental group to which a collective counseling
program was applied, and a control group that did not receive any programs. The
program consisted of (14) counseling sessions, each lasting (45) minutes, over eight
weeks with two sessions per week. To verify the equivalence of the two groups, the
researcher used the t-test in the pre measurement, and calculated the arithmetic averages
and standard deviations of the scores of the two groups on the scale of promoting
positive behaviour when using social media and on each of its dimensions on each of
the measurements; the pre, post and follow-up. The t-test was also used to verify the
statistical significance of the differences of the reinforcement of positive behaviour
when using social media, as measured by the total score of the scale. The results showed
statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≤0.05) between the
pre and post measurements of the experimental group in the total score in favour of the
post measurement which indicates that the program is effective in promoting positive
behaviour. In addition, the results showed that the impact of the program in the
experimental group is significant as it reached (2.46). It also indicated statistically
significant differences at the level of significance (α≤0.05) between the experimental
and control groups in the total score and in the social, value and ethical dimensions for
the post measurement in favour of the experimental group. There were statistically
significant differences at the level of significance (α≤0.05) for the experimental group
on the total degree of the scale and on the educational and cognitive domains, and in
favour of the application of follow-up in the post-measurements and follow-up. It was
found that the values of the effect size that were shown by the differences in the
dimensional and follow-up measurements for the experimental group in the whole scale
and in the educational and cognitive domains amounted to (2.00, 2.02) respectively.
This is considered a significant effect according to the Al-Wahaibi, Al-Hadabi and Al Kharousi criterion, which indicates the continuation of the effectiveness of the
counselling program used in this study after a sufficient period.
