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Abstract
In the last few years, there has been great interest studying the aged people. The World Health organization has identified the year 1999 as an international one for aged people and announced the motto: ”Towards a Society for People of All Ages”.
In the Arab world, there has been much concern of the aged people. This also occurs in Egypt because it was found that 2.4 millions out of its population are above 60 according to the statistics of 1980 and it is expected that this figure increases to reach 4.6 millions. Accordingly, some psychological disorders and problems for those people appeared such as depression , alienation, alienation, isolation, loneliness and apathy, which need more researches. Research problem :
One of the most serious problems suffered by the aged people in the present time is their uselessness and they see life as absurd. Thus, they suffer from loneliness. The research problem can be tackled through answering the following three question:
1-To what extent to the aged people suffer from the emotional
loneliness and the relterionaltion of the social relations?
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2-What are the lass for a counseling program based on the cognitive therapy and the existential therapy in reducing the feeling of loneliness and in developing the social relations?
3-What is the effectiveness of the suggested counseling program in reducing the feeling of emotional loneliness and in steugtheming the social relations? Research importance:
1-The present study tackles the effectiveness of a suggested counseling program in reducing the feeling of emotional loneliness among the aged people, a filed slightly dealt with in the Arabic studies.
2-Its findings and results are of practical and counseling value I helping the aged people and the researchers in this field to manage their problems and to try to overcome and solve them. Research hypotheses :
1-There are statistically significant differences in the scores means of the experimental group and those of the control group on the posttest of the emotional loneliness scale in favour of the experimental one.
2-There are statistically significant differences in the scores means of the experimental group on the pretest and the
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posttest of the emotional loneliness scale in favour of the posttest.
3- There are no statistically significant differences in the scores means of the experimental group on the pretest and those of the follow —up of the emotional loneliness scale and the social relations exchange scale. Research Sample:
The sample of the present study consisted two groups: 1-Experimental group of 10 male aged persons.
2-Control group of 10 male aged persons. Research Tools :
The present study limited itself to the following:
I-A group of the aged persons at Benha Town and some villages nearby.
2-A group of the aged persons at the age of 65-70, male and holding high school or university degree.
3-The findings of the present study have been identified in the light of the scales used and the time and the place limitations. Research Hidings:
The study proved effectiveness of the suggested counseling program, prepared by the author and which was
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based on the behavioral counseling theory, in reducing the feeling of emotional loneliness of the aged people participated in the experimental group. It managed to help them overcome this psychological problem and feel again of the beauty and usefulness of the life. This result was reached after the application of the counseling program and during the follow — up period too.