The effect of rational therapy on modifying irrational thoughts among university students

The current research aims to identify the effect of the thinking distraction method in reducing existential frustration among university students at the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences/Al-Qasim Green University. The researcher has dealt with a theoretical framework that includes all the variables of the research, and to achieve the goal of the research, an existential frustration scale was built, using a statistical analysis sample. The number of items in this scale was (200) and after verifying its validity and reliability, the number of items in this scale reached (30) distributed across the scale’s areas. To test the research hypotheses, the researcher chose a sample of (14) male students only, who were intentionally selected from those who obtained the highest scores on the scale. Existential frustration scale: They were divided into two groups (experimental and control) with (7) students in each group. After parity was achieved for the two groups. As well as building the therapeutic program according to the problems posed in the scale according to the method (the thinking-distraction method), one session of the therapeutic program was taken, and after completing the application of the therapeutic program using the group therapy method on the research sample, the results showed that the program was effective in reducing existential frustration among university students.