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Nila Zaimatus Septiana; Adi Atmoko; Muslihati; Imanuel Hitipeuw; Palasara Brahmani Laras; Zeti Novitasari; Luthfita Cahya Irani; Setyorini – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
Social anxiety is common in adolescents and often persists into adulthood. Many previous studies have addressed this issue and its interventions in a general psychological context, but not much has focused on the educational sphere. This study aims to explore counsellor strategies for overcoming social anxiety in adolescents and to analyze whether…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Adolescents, Counseling Techniques, Bibliotherapy
Tanrikulu, Ibrahim – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study is to explore the use of self-help books with therapeutic aims; and to propose suggestions by discussing the present situation of self-help books in Turkish cultural context. Taking these aims into account, the existing literature on self-help books is initially reviewed, and a picture of the self-help books in Turkey is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bibliotherapy, Cultural Context, Mental Health
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Hahlweg, Kurt; Heinrichs, Nina; Kuschel, Annett; Feldmann, Marit – Behavior Modification, 2008
The efficacy of bibliotherapy has primarily been investigated in anxiety disorders, depression, or substance dependence. The efficacy of self-help books to increase parenting competence was only investigated in a few studies despite their broad dissemination in public. The aims of the study were to investigate the short- and long-term efficacy of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Help Programs, Parent Education, Allied Health Personnel
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Warner, Ronald E. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1991
Surveyed 80 Canadian university counselors to determine whether they prescribed self-help books and to compare titles of most prescribed books to those selected by Canadian psychologists. Found that 74.4 percent of 78 counselors answering question responded affirmatively to recommending books with 56 titles being prescribed. Lists 10 books most…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bibliotherapy, Counseling Techniques, Foreign Countries
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Baruchson-Arbib, Shifra – School Libraries Worldwide, 2000
Discusses bibliotherapy and suggests supportive knowledge as a better term for use in school libraries. Describes experiments in two Israeli schools that developed a self-help section in the libraries and showed an increase in reading, open discussion among students and librarians, and collaboration between school administrators, teachers, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Bibliotherapy, Discussion, Elementary Secondary Education