The Impact of a Guidance Program Based on Choice Theory on Improving Life Quality and Self-Control for a Sample of Internet Addicts

Abstract

The study attempts to detect the impact of a guidance program based on the Choice Theory for improving life quality and self-control in a sample of internet-addict teenagers. An online sample comprising (32) individuals whose levels of life quality and self-control were low was selected. The sample was randomly divided into two groups: An experimental group comprising (16) individuals who participated in the program and a control group comprising (16) others who didn’t participate in any program. The guidance program comprised (12) sessions, (2) sessions a week. The findings of the study revealed that there were differences with statistical significance at the function level (α≤0.05) between the score mean of the experimental group and the control counterpart on the scales of life quality and self-control in the post-test in favor of the experimental group which indicated that the guidance program based on the choice theory had practically affected life quality and self-control, according to the two scales. The study recommends using remedial programs to restrict the phenomenon of internet addiction among school students because such programs positively reduce this problem.