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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS<br />

JUNE 2011<br />

VOL 3, NO 2<br />

Effect of Behavioral-Cognitive Self-esteem Group Training on Students’<br />

Social Adjustment<br />

Akram Mazaheri<br />

M.A., Dept. of Counseling, University of Isfahan Iran Baghban, Ph.D<br />

An Assistant professor in Dept. of Counseling, University of Isfahan<br />

Maryam Fatehizadeh, Ph.D.<br />

An Assistant professor in Dept. of Counseling, University of Isfahan<br />

Asefeh Asemi, PhD<br />

An Assistant professor in Dept. of LIS, University of Isfahan & Corresponding Author<br />

Abstract<br />

The main purpose of present research is to compare the effects of self-esteem group training<br />

using behavioral and behavioral-cognitive approaches on social adjustment of students being<br />

resident in University of Isfahan dormitory. Purposing to approach this goal, 30 students of the<br />

dormitories were selected through voluntary sampling, and then randomly divided into three<br />

groups (two as experimental and one as control). The experimental groups were separately under<br />

self-esteem behavioral- cognitive and behavioral training for a period of eight sessions. The<br />

instruments of the research is Pope and his collogues’ self-esteem inventory and social<br />

adjustment test which their reliability and validity are confirmed.<br />

The results of variance analysis show the effectiveness of different instructional methods, and<br />

significant increment of social adjustment and self-esteem. In other words, the approaches of<br />

self- esteem’s behavioral and behavioral-cognitive performed through a group approach have<br />

caused the enhancement of social adjustment of the dormitory’s students. Although the results<br />

indicated that the behavioral-cognitive instructions were more impressive than behavioral ones,<br />

but, regarding statistical viewpoint, those impressions were not significant. Also, the differences<br />

of self-esteem’s and social adjustment's score in three groups of behavioral-cognitive,<br />

behavioral, and control were persistent when being pursued.<br />

Keywords: Social Adjustment, self- esteem, Behavioral- cognitive approach, Behavioral<br />

approach.<br />

Introduction<br />

As the most important sign of the psyche’s healthiness, the social adjustment is one subject<br />

which has drawn many sociologists’, psychologists’, and specially instructors’ attention. Social<br />

growth is assumed as t he most important aspect of everyone’s character and a criterion for<br />

measuring everyone’s social growth is one’s compatibility with others. Social growth not only is<br />

impressive on compatibility of every individual with others whom the individual is in<br />

COPY RIGHT © 2011 Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research 202

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