TY - JOUR ID - 6021 TI - Determine the Effectiveness of Learning of Coping Strategies with Irrational Beliefs Based on the Theory of Rational-Emotional Alice on Attitudes to Communicate Before Married Female High School Students in Yazd- Iran JO - International Journal of Pediatrics JA - IJP LA - en SN - 2345-5047 AU - Forat Yazdi, Maryam AU - Baghianimoghadam, Mohammad Hossein AU - Gerami, Mohammad Hasan AD - Department of Psychology, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran. AD - Professor of Health Education, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran. Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 3 IS - 6.2 SP - 1153 EP - 1060 KW - Attitudes KW - Irrational beliefs KW - Theory of rational-emotional Alice KW - Students DO - 10.22038/ijp.2015.6021 N2 - Introduction This research was done with the objective of "Determine the effectiveness of learning coping strategies with Irrational Beliefs based on the theory of rational-emotional Alice on students’ attitude toward premarital relations in Yazd city". Materials and Methods In this semi experimental research 60 female students of Yazd-Iran, selected by using of Cochran’s formula and divided in two groups of control (30 persons) and experiment (30 persons) randomly. Learning of coping strategies with Irrational beliefs based on the theory of rational-emotional Alice during the 8 sessions of 90 minutes was conducted on experiment group, and the control group did not training; then post-test was conducted in two groups. Also, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) used in order to data analysis in descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Results The adjusted mean attitude scores of the relationship with the opposite sex in control group, on the pre-test and post-test was 51.27+12.16, 50.30+14.46 and in experimental group was 69.53+8.91, 43.63+10.96 respectively. The result Alice rational-emotional treatment method is effective on attitude to relationship before marriage of high school girls (P<0.05). Conclusion Overall results of this research indicated effectiveness of educational intervention of Alice rational- emotional treatment on students’ attitude toward premarital relations and led to attitude adjustment of teenage girls than connection before marriage in the experimental group. UR - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_6021.html L1 - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_6021_9c02dd61f9cbad5fb17ddfa3bc706c86.pdf ER -