Ms Atena Kaviyani, Dr. Mohammad Rabiei, Dr. Manije Kaveh,
Volume 12, Issue 46 (9-2023)
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of solution- focused group counseling on academic buoyancy and academic thriving of female students. The research method was quasi-experimental and pre-test-post-test-follow up with control group design. The population of this research was made up of all female students of the first secondary school in Isfahan in the academic year of 1400-1401. In order to select the participants, 30 students were selected with multi-stage randomly method and replaced randomly in two experimental (15) and control (15) groups. A pre-test was implemented for both groups. Solution-focused group counseling was held for the experimental group in 8 sessions of 90 minutes. At the end of the counseling, a post-test was implemented and a follow-up test was taken from both groups. To measure academic buoyancy and academic thriving, Dehghanizadeh, and Hossienchari (2012) and Schreiner et al. (2009) academic thriving questionnaires were used, respectively. The data were analyzed using the statistical method of multivariate analysis of covariance, using SPSS-26 software. The findings showed that the research hypothesis based on the effectiveness of Solution-focused group counseling on academic buoyancy and academic thriving has been confirmed (P<0/05) and the students of the experimental group had a significant increase in academic buoyancy and academic thriving compared to the students of the control group in the post-test and follow up phase. (P<0/05). Also, the results of the follow-up phase showed that these changes were stable. Therefore, it can be concluded that solution- focused group counseling is effective for academic buoyancy and academic thriving. Educational psychologists and counselors can use solution-focused group counseling as an educational, interventional and preventive strategy to promote mental health and improve students' academic performance
