Tareq The effectiveness of a counseling program based on existential theory in reducing future anxiety among freed prisoners in the northern and central West Bank.

Abstract

Abstract This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of a guidance program based on existential theory in reducing future anxiety among liberated prisoners in the northern and Central West Bank, and the study community consisted of liberated prisoners in the northern and Central West Bank, and included

The sample of the study was (30) members of the liberated Palestinian prisoners, and the sample was distributed to two groups, an experimental group of (15) prisoners who received a counseling program consisting of (14) counseling sessions, and a control group that included the same number of liberated prisoners(15) prisoners, and the performance of both groups was measured on the future Anxiety Scale prepared by the researcher with a pre-measurement and post-measurement, and after the end of the program six weeks, a follow-up measurement of the experimental group was carried out to examine the sustainability of the impact of the counseling program on the target sample, the results of the study showed there are significant differences between the experimental group and the control group in favor of the experimental group that underwent the indicative program, and showed Results continuity of the effect of the indicative program on the experimental group that underwent a measurement of future anxiety six weeks after the application of the program.