Abstract:

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of rational emotive education on life satisfaction in middle school students. The subjects consisted of 25 students attending to a public middle school in Turkey. The participants were 14 girls and 11 boys, aged 13-14. The subjects who have low level of life satisfaction were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (n=12) or a placebo group (n=13). Participants completed the Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale at pretest and posttest. The rational emotive education program was applied to the experimental group for eight weeks, one session per week. In the placebo group, issues such as rules of public life, social media, technology, and proper nutrition were discussed during the same period. Data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA for repeated measures (2x2 Split-Plot), paired samples t-test and independent samples t-test. The study findings indicated that the rational emotive education program was effective in increasing total life satisfaction, friends satisfaction, and self satisfaction. No significant effect of rational emotive education was observed on family satisfaction

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