Effectiveness of a Counseling Program Based on Realistic Therapy in Reducing the Social Networking Site Addiction and Enhancing Social Self-efficacy Among Male Adolescents

The study aims to explore the effectiveness of realistic therapy (RT) to reduce the social networking site addiction and enhancing social self-efficacy among male adolescents. The sample of the study consisted of 30 male students in the eighth and ninth grades at a public school in Irbid Governorate, Jordan. In this study, a social networking site addiction scale, consisted of 18 items, and a social self-efficacy scale, consisted of 6 items were used. The participants were selected based on their high scores on the social networking site addiction scale and low scores on the social self-efficacy scale. They were randomly assigned into two groups: experimental group included (15) male adolescents, who received a program of (RT) consisted of (12) sessions; and a control group consisted of (15) male adolescents, who did not receive the counseling program. The post-test results showed that there were significant differences between the two groups regarding the level of social networking site addiction and social self-efficacy in favor of experimental group.