Comparing the effectiveness of Lazarus Multimodal Therapy and Seligman's training based on the flourishing on the academic performance in female students with learned helplessness Hamila Hadian1, Zahra Tanha2*, Saba Hasanvandi3
Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology
Hamila Hadian
1
,
Zahra Tanha
2
*
,
صبا حسنوندی
3
1 - 1. Ph.D student of Psychology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
2 -
3 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی
Keywords: Lazarus multimodal therapy, Seligman's training based on the flourishing, academic performance, learned helplessness,
Abstract :
The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of Lazarus Multimodal Therapy and Seligman's training based on the flourishing on the academic performance of students with learned helplessness. The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group and a two-month follow-up. The statistical population of the study was all female students with learned helplessness in the first year of high school in Khorramabad city, from whom 45 people were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and a control group. The first experimental group underwent Lazarus Multimodal Therapy, and the second experimental group received Seligman's training based on the flourishing. The control group did not receive any intervention. Also, the subjects answered the Quinles and Nilsson Learned Helplessness Questionnaires (1988) and the Dartaj Academic Performance Questionnaire (2004). Data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis of covariance and analysis of variance with repeated measures. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference between the two methods of effectiveness of Lazarus multimodal therapy and Seligman's training based on the flourishing on the academic performance of students with learned helplessness (P<0.05). However, the results after two months of follow-up were not significant in both methods, in other words, the results of the study did not have the necessary stability in the long term (P<0.05). Accordingly, it is suggested that in addition to identifying students with learned helplessness, these methods should be used to improve their academic performance.
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