The effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral counseling program in improving the level of social skills and reducing isolation behaviors among university students

Introduction. Social skills are considered an influential factor in the adaptation of individuals and their enjoyment mental health, lack these negatively affects individual’s various performances: professional, academic, family, societal, which may lead to isolation, introversion a feeling inferiority inferiority. Cognitivebehavioral therapy contributes developing communication skills, training solve problems effective manner, reducing behavioral particular, represented by isolation introversion. The current study aimed at investigating effectiveness cognitive-behavioral counseling program improving level social behaviors among university students. Study participants methods. sample consisted (24) first-year students who obtained high scores on scale low used study. was divided into two groups: experimental group (n=12), its members received based cognitive for period (7) weeks, with sessions per week, control (n=12) students, whose did not receive program. performance groups measured pre post intervention. Results. results showed favor group. that there were significant statistical difference between post-measurement (p=0.04) (p=0.05) Based results, researcher recommends working building programs Isolation basis other therapeutic approaches, such as narrative therapy, emotion-centered psychological drama, work targeting parents families aim educating teachers about importance seriousness shortcomings those skills. Practical significance. This investigated significance this stems from providing interventional procedure might improve adjustment category community, is youth higher education institutions.