The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Psychoeducation Program, Which Aims to Reduce the Submissive Behaviors on the Interpersonal Sensitivity and Hostility

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the cognitive behavioral psychoeducation program, which aims to reduce the submissive behaviors on the interpersonal sensitivity and hostility. The research was carried out with high school students studying at 12th class of Ümraniye Merkez Anadolu high school, located in Istanbul during 2014/2015 academic year. Submissive Acts 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, ten (10) week sessions were started for experimental group. Psychoeducation program, which was based on cognitive behavioral approach, was applied to the experiment group in order to see the decrease of submissive behaviors, whereas any program was not executed for control group. The data were analyzed by two-factors ANOVA for mixed designs (Split-Plot). According to research findings, the psycho-education program was found to have a significant effect on the submissive behavior, interpersonal sensitivity, hostility levels of the participants in the experimental group. 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 behaviors, interpersonal sensitivity and hostility and it was seen that the effect continues to increase as well as being permanent after sixty (60) days. Results of this study show that the cognitive behavioral psychoeducation program can be used to reduce submissive behavior, interpersonal sensitivity and hostility levels for adolescents.