Comparing the effectiveness of group reality therapy and positive attitude training on academic procrastination in female students with academic burnout in high school in Ardabil city

Panahi, Neda; Soleimani, Touran; Jafari, Eisa; Taklavi, Somaie

doi:10.22034/jmep.2025.535963.1554

Comparing the effectiveness of group reality therapy and positive attitude training on academic procrastination in female students with academic burnout in high school in Ardabil city

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Authors

neda panahi ¹

touran soleimani ²

eisa jafari ³

somaie taklavi ¹

¹ Department of Psychology, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.

² Department of Educational Sciences, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran

³ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22034/jmep.2025.535963.1554

Abstract

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of group reality therapy and positive attitude training on academic procrastination of female high school students with academic burnout in Ardabil city. The present research method is experimental (pre-test-post-test design with control group). The statistical population of this study includes 400 female high school students in Ardabil city in the academic year 2024-2025. The academic burnout questionnaire was randomly distributed among them, and among the students who scored high in this questionnaire and had academic burnout, 90 people were randomly assigned to three groups (30 people in the first experimental group, 30 people in the second experimental group, and 30 people in the control group). The research tool is the Solomon and Roth Bloom Procrastination Questionnaire. The first group received group reality therapy using Glasser's (1999) training for 7 sessions, and the second group received positive attitude training (Quilliam, 2003) for 8 sessions, and then the third group, the control group, did not receive any intervention. In the following stages, all three groups answered the research questionnaires again, and then the data were collected and analyzed using SPSS statistical software. The results showed that group reality therapy and positive attitude training reduced academic procrastination in female students, and group reality therapy reduced academic procrastination more than positive attitude training.

Keywords

Group reality therapy

positivity

academic procrastination

academic burnout

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