School-based counselling that targets irrational beliefs, attachment patterns and anxiety to support students' cognitive flexibility¶

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Description¶

The author recommends that determination of variables predicting cognitive flexibility support professionals' applications in school-based psychological counselling services. Descriptive and practical studies on cognitive schemas focusing on flexibility and attachment of parents and children are proposed, in which individuals "can be provided with counselling services" and helped to develop corrective relationships, and variables increasing anxiety can be studied and intervened in to strengthen adjustment processes.

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Context¶

Requirements¶

• Counselling services within school-based psychological counselling contexts

Constraints¶

• The recommendation rests on correlational findings; the study sample was university students without psychiatric problems

Target Learners¶

• university students
• students and parents in school counselling settings

Target Learning Goals¶

• cognitive flexibility
• adjustment
• psychological well-being

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Key Sources¶

• Bülent GÜNDÜZ. (2013). The Contributions of Attachment Styles, Irrational Beliefs and Psychological Symptoms to the Prediction of Cognitive Flexibility. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 13(4), 2079-2085. https://doi.org/10.12738/estp.2013.4.1702