فعالية برنامج إرشادي معرفي سلوكي عن بعد في تحسين الفاعلية الذاتية لدى طالبات المرحلة الثانوية
The study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of an online cognitive behavioral counseling program in improving self-efficacy for high school students. The sample consisted of (03) female students at Al Nairyah District reporting low levels of self-efficacy selected after administrating self-efficacy scale on a convenient sample consisted of (013) female students. The sample was assigned into two homogeneity and equated groups: experimental group, and control group. The study instruments consisted of self-efficacy scale developed by Abduallah and Al-Aqad (8332), and a cognitive-behavioral counseling program to improve self-efficacy developed by the researchers, consisting of (13) counseling sessions administrated remotely over (3) weeks. The results revealed no statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups in self-efficacy post-test scores. And there were no statistically significant differences between the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group. Furthermore, there was a statistically significant differences between post-test and follow-up test for the experimental group scores, in favor of the post test. Summly, the online cognitive-behavioral counseling program was nor effective in improving self-efficacy for high school students. The study recommended that when applying online counseling, trainees with low self-efficacy should be trained first to use the required technical means. (Published abstract)