Rational Emotive Education for Improving Self-Concept in Second-Grade Students

Abstract

This study examined the effectiveness of Vernon's (1989) Thinking, Feeling, Behaving curriculum with 41 second-grade general education students. The McDaniel-Piers Young Children's Self-Concept Scale (McDaniel & Piers, 1973) and the Behavioral Academic Self-Esteem (BASE; Coopersmith & Gilberts, 1982) inventory were administered in a pretest-posttest format. Results demonstrated that the curriculum was partially effective in improving the self-concepts of 2nd-grade students.