The Effectiveness of Positive Thinking Skills Training on Anxiety in Female Students of Sabzevar Azad University

Subject Areas : Educational Science

ali karimi ¹ , hasan ahadi ² , hassan asadzadeh ³

1 - Ph.D Student, Educational Psychology, Educational Psychology and Personality, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - professor of educational psychology , allame tabatabaee university
3 - associate professor of educational psychology, aalametabatabaiee university, tehran, iran

Received: 2019-09-02 Accepted : 2020-09-18 Published : 2020-11-21

Keywords: female students, positive thinking skills, anxiety,

Abstract :

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of teaching positive thinking skills on reducing anxiety among female students of Sabzevar University of darzas. Method: The study population consisted of all female students of Azad university of Sabzevar Branch in the academic year of 97-96, including 30 people who were selected using purposeful sampling. They were randomly assigned to experimental group (15) and control group (15 People) was replaced. Beck Anxiety Inventory and Positive Thinking Training Package, which was set up in 9 sessions of one and a half hours, was used to collect data. Results: The results of statistical analysis indicated that teaching positive thinking skills with an effect size of 0.18 would reduce the students' anxiety level. Therefore, there is a significant difference between the effect of teaching positive thinking skills on reducing anxiety level (p <0.05). Conclusion: At the end of the treatment sessions, students learned in both groups to choose their own behaviors in order to attain their demands, each of whom should choose responsible behaviors that while maintaining ethical principles and applying optimistic, correct and responsible actions to Your wishes are also met. Teaching positive thinking skills creates a supportive and safe environment where students can experience the feeling of acceptance and psychosocial security, which brings greater compatibility and less conflicts.