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
Dr Zahra Aminabadi, Dr Manijeh Kaveh,
Volume 16, Issue 50 (3-2025)
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Adlerian parenting program training (democratic parenting or positive discipline) on mothers' parenting styles and social interest of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The research method was a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test-follow up with a control group. The statistical population of this research was all the mothers and children aged 7 to 12 years with the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in primary schools of the third education district of Karaj in 2014-2015. The research sample includes 42 mothers who were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly assigned in to experimental and control groups. Questionnaire for diagnosis of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder according to the criteria of the Manual of Diagnosis and Statistics of Mental Disorders (2013), Social Interest Scale for Children (Alizadeh, Esmaili and Sohaili, 2015) and Parenting Styles Questionnaire (Robinson, Mandleco, Olsen, & Hart, 2001) were utilized to measure hyperactivity, social interest and parenting style respectively. The mothers in experimental group was trained in the Adlerian parenting program for 11 session 90-minute and children for 1 session 75- minute. The results showed that this program has a significant effect on democratic parenting style (authoritative or positive) (F=5/454, P<0/01) and it has increased. But it has had no effect on the authoritarian and permissive style. Also, the findings show that this program has an effect on the component of Responsibility-task doing of social interest (F=3/946, P<0/05), but no significant change has been reported in the components of Relationship with people-empathy, Confidence-Assertive, feeling of Equality vs. Inferiority-superiority.
