شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

The present paper aimed at developing a counselling program for reducing boredom among a sample of university students and also examining its effectiveness. The sample consisted of 20 male and female students in the third year, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Commerce, Benha University. The average of their age was 20.741 years, with high scores on boredom scale. The sample was divided into two groups, males (n=10) and females (n=10). The study tools included the boredom scale for university students and the counselling program. Both tools were developed by the present study author. The findings showed that the suggested counselling program was effective in reducing boredom among a sample of university students, after the post-application of the program and in the follow-up period. The findings also showed that there were no statistically significant differences between the male students' scores and those of the female ones on boredom scale, after the post-application of the program and in the follow-up period.(Published abstract)