The Effectiveness of a Social Rehabilitation Program based on Social-Cognitive Theory on the Self-Efficacy of People with Spinal Cord Injury

Samira al-Sadat  Badakhshian; Fatemeh  Samiee

doi:10.18502/qjcr.v21i83.11091

Samira al-Sadat Badakhshian M.A. in Rehabilitation Counseling, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Fatemeh Samiee Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/qjcr.v21i83.11091

Keywords: Vocational rehabilitation, self-Efficacy, cognitive-social theory, spinal cord

Abstract

Aim: Spinal cord injury is one of the problems of human societies that changes the path of individual’s life and creates a great number of problems in physical, psycological, job, ecoconomic, and family aspects. The purpose of this study is to focus on the self-efficacy of people with spinal cord injury.

Methods: For this research, single case study was used. For this, purposive sampling was used and 3 people with spinal cord injury were selected receiving 8 sessions of individual intervention, and occupational rehabilitation program training based on social cognitive theory. For data collection, Lutans psychological capital questionnaire was used. The results were analyzed using visual analysis, change reliability index (RCI), and recovery percentage (MPI).

Findings: The results showed that a rehabilitation program based on social cognitive theory can increase the self-efficacy of people with spinal cord injury (1/96).

Conclusion: By using a vocational rehabilitation program and social cognitive theory, in which guidance and skills training, such as substitution training or role modeling, social encouragement, positive feedback, stimulation of psychological capital, as well as providing information were utilized. This showed self-efficacy can be increased in people with spinal cord injury.