Predicting academic success and characteristics based on positive psychology skills: A case study of students

The current research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy training on the academic performance and characteristics of high school students in Ardal city, was conducted in a semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the present study was made up of all the high school students of Ardal city, of which ۳۰ people were selected by purposive sampling and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The research tools included Goldberg's five-factor personality questionnaire (۱۹۹۹) with ۵۰ items, Pham and Taylor's (۱۹۹۰) academic performance scale, and the positive psychotherapy intervention program with ۸ sessions. The experimental group received this training, while the control group received such training. It did not receive any intervention. In order to analyze the data, the social science software package was used in two sections: descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (covariance analysis). The results of the research analysis showed that positive psychotherapy training is effective on the academic performance of secondary school students in Ardal schools (effect size = ۰.۷۹۹, p < ۰.۰۵). Also, positive psychotherapy training was effective on the characteristics of high school students in Ardal schools (effect size = ۰.۶۸۵, p < ۰.۰۵). Therefore, based on the results of this research, it is possible to improve the academic performance and personality characteristics of high school students by using positive psychotherapy training. Therefore, planning to improve and develop positive thinking skills is recommended

کلیدواژه ها:

positive psychotherapy ، academic performance ، personality traits ، high School students