Thesis

Faculty of Education Department of Psychology and Mental Health Abstract Researcher Name: Manar Fathy Abd el Latif Mohamed Study Title: The Effectiveness of a Counseling Program in Enhancing the Feeling of Psychological Security of Students at Residential Institutions Degree: Master’s Degree in Education ‘Specialization of Mental Health’ University: Department of Psychology and Mental Health, Faculty of Education, Beni Suef University Study Abstract: The study aims to research the effectiveness of a counseling program in enhancing the psychological security of the residential institutions schoolgirls. The study sample consists of seven schoolgirls at residential institutions, aged from (12 to 16) years, with an average age of (14.29) years, and a standard deviation of (1.28). The researcher designed and applied a measure of psychological security; and also designed a counseling program. Non-parametric statistics were applied such as Wilcoxon Test, whereas all statistical processes were done by the statistical program SPSS. The study results have shown that there are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the individuals of the experimental groups during the pre and post measures of psychological security, in favor of the post measure. Also, there are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the individuals of the experimental groups during the post and consecutive measures of psychological security.