Trial reportMedicine2018
Effect of rational emotive behavior therapy on stress management and irrational beliefs of special education teachers in Nigerian elementary schools.
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- A systematic review of the nature and efficacy of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy interventions.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Stress in teachers of children with neuro-developmental disorders: Effect of blended rational emotive behavioral therapy.Science progress · 2021Trial
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- Managing job stress in teachers of children with autism: A rational emotive occupational health coaching control trial.Medicine · 2020Trial
- Effect of digital storytelling intervention on burnout thoughts of adolescent: Athletes with disabilities.Medicine · 2020Trial
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- Intervention for burnout among English education undergraduates: implications for curriculum innovation.Medicine · 2019Trial
- Effectiveness of rational emotive occupational health coaching in reducing burnout symptoms among teachers of children with autism.Science progressTrial
- Mental health interventions for occupational stress and burnout among special education teachers: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Interventions to Reduce Burnout Among University Lecturers: A Systematic Literature Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Frustrated Teachers: An REBT Intervention to Reduce Frustration Discomfort in Middle School Teachers-A Quasi-Experimental Study.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy on Death Anxiety and Depression During the COVID-19 Disease: A Historical Approach.Journal of patient experience · 2024Article
- Interventions to Reduce Stress and Burnout among Teachers: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Job burnout among teachers handling English as a foreign language in China: review and prospects.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Intervention Programs Targeting the Mental Health, Professional Burnout, and/or Wellbeing of School Teachers: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.Educational psychology review · 2023Article
- Evaluation of a Career Resiliency Intervention for Special Education Teachers in China: Effects of Healthy Teachers Program.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Assessing School Engagement Intervention Dataset of Nigerian Pre-service TVET Teachers.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- A blended rational emotive occupational health coaching for job-stress among teachers of children with special education needs.Internet interventions · 2021Article
- Clinical benefits of rational-emotive stress management therapy for job burnout and dysfunctional distress of special education teachers.World journal of clinical cases · 2020Review
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Abstract
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objectiveFrom a rational emotive behavior therapy viewpoint, stress-related disorders originate from irrational beliefs and self-defeating philosophies and attitude. Individuals affected by stress are different from those ones with neurotic problems mainly because the stressed individuals have irrational beliefs about specific, short-term, or more readily identifiable events, in contrast to the more mundane and diffuse difficulties faced by neurotic persons. The present study aimed to examine the impact of a rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) intervention on the stress levels and irrational beliefs among special education teachers in elementary schools in Nigeria.
methodsWe employed a group randomized controlled trial design for this study. Eighty six participants recruited from elementary schools in the South-eastern part of the country were randomly assigned to either a treatment group (n = 43) or no-intervention control group (n = 43). We used the REBT Stress Management Manual to conduct the intervention. Stress levels and irrational beliefs were assessed using self-report questionnaires. Participants in the treatment group took part in the REBT program for 12 weeks and a follow-up program for 2 weeks. Analysis of the data was completed through a 2 × 3 within × between-subjects repeated measures analysis of variance, and independent samples t test.
resultsResults showed that the REBT group experienced a significant mean decline in stress levels and their beliefs shifted to rational ones both at post-treatment and follow-up. In contrast, the participants in the no-intervention control group showed no improvements at either posttreatment or follow-up sessions.
conclusionRational-emotive behavior therapy is an effective therapeutic modality that can be applied by REBT clinicians for the management of stress. Additional clinical assessments will be necessary to further confirm the impact of an REBT intervention on teachers' stress management and irrational beliefs in Nigerian elementary school setting.
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