The effectiveness of Group Counseling Program in Reducing academic procrastination among students with Learning Disabilities at Sultanate of Oman
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https://doi.org/10.59759/educational.v4i2.1036Keywords:
Counseling Program, Academic Procrastination, Learning DisabilitiesAbstract
The current study aimed to identify the level of academic procrastination among students with Learning Disabilities in the Sultanate of Oman. The study also aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a counseling program in reducing academic procrastination among students with Learning Disabilities. The study followed a descriptive and semi-empirical design. To achieve the study's objectives, an academic procrastination scale was used, and a group counseling program was developed. The descriptive study sample consisted of (80) students with Learning Disabilities in the Sultanate of Oman enrolled in the learning disabilities program in the Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman, selected randomly. The semi-empirical study sample consisted of (20) students with Learning Disabilities who scored highest on the academic procrastination scale. They were randomly divided into two groups: an experimental group consisting of (10) students with Learning Disabilities who received a group counseling program (12 sessions), and a control group that did not receive any intervention. The descriptive study results indicated that the level of academic procrastination among students with Learning Disabilities was high. The semi-empirical study results showed significant differences between the experimental and control groups (pre-test and post-test) in favor of the experimental group, attributable to the program. The results also indicated no significant differences in the means of the experimental group between the post-test and follow-up test.
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