The Impact of Group Counseling on Reducing Academic Procrastination and Improving Self-Control Among a Sample of High School Students

This study examined the Rational Emotional Behavioral Therapy (REBT) effectiveness used in group counseling to reduce the level of academic procrastination and improve the self-control of a sample of high school students at Ajloun Governorate. The researcher used an academic procrastination and a self-control scale, Based on the scores of the academic procrastination scales. thirty students were identified as procrastinators; they were randomly assigned into an experimental group and a control group (15 per each). The experimental group received training on (REBT), while the control group didn t. The result showed that (REBT) was more effective than the no-treatment in reducing academic procrastination in the post and follow-up tests. Moreover, the (REBT) was more effective in improving self-control in the post and in the follow-up tests. In light of the results of the study, the researcher provided several recommendations including the need to employ the (REBT) method to work towards improving self-effectiveness for students in accordance with the positive results for the method revealed by this study.