Evaluation of the Effectiveness of PositivePsychology Education on Psychological Well-being and Academic Achievement (Case Study: Adolescent Female JuniorHigh School Students in Abadeh(

Subject Areas : Education

Elahe  Aslami ¹ (Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University (PNU), P. O. Box 19395-4697, Tehran, Iran.)
Hashemi Ardekani  Seyed Javad ² (Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University (PNU), P. O. Box 19395-4697, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2021-04-13 Accepted : 2021-07-11 Published : 2021-09-23

Keywords: Academic Achievement, Positive Psychology Education, psychological well-being, adolescents, Abadeh city,

Abstract :

    The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of positive psychology education on psychological well-being and academic achievement of female junior high school students in Abadeh city.The research method was quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test with experimental and control groups. The statistical population of this study consisted of female junior high school studentswho were studying in Abadeh city in the academic year 2020-2021. Thirty students were selected by purposive sampling and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. In order to collect research data, Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale (1989) and Pham and Taylor (1999) Academic Achievement Scale were used. The experimental group was trained in positive psychology for 10 sessions and the experimental group did not receive any training. In order to analyze the data, the statistical method of analysis of covariance of multivariate using SPSS software version 22 was used. The results of this study showed that there was a significant difference (P <0.001) in psychological well-being and academic achievement of adolescents between the two groups of experiments and control. positive psychology education significantly increased psychological well-being and the academic achievement of adolescent female junior high school students of Abadeh thus we can teach it to students in schools.  

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