The Effectiveness of Pennsylvania Resilience Training on Procrastination and Clinical Symptoms Among University Students

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Penn Resiliency Program (PRP) on academic procrastination and clinical symptoms (depression, anxiety, and stress) among university students. Employing a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design, ۶۰ undergraduate students from Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, who met predetermined inclusion criteria, were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (n = ۳۰) that received the ۷-session PRP intervention or a wait-list control group (n = ۳۰). Participants completed the Tuckman Procrastination Scale and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-۲۱) at both assessment points. Data were analyzed using multivariate and univariate analyses of covariance. Results from the MANCOVA revealed a significant overall multivariate effect of group membership on the combined dependent variables (Wilks' Lambda = ۰.۱۴, F(۴, ۵۱) = ۷۷.۹۲, p <.۰۰۱, _x۰۰۰۳__x۰۰۰۲__x۰۰۱C_^۲_p =.۸۶). Subsequent univariate ANCOVAs demonstrated that the PRP intervention led to statistically significant reductions in academic procrastination (p =.۰۱۶, _x۰۰۰۳__x۰۰۰۲__x۰۰۱C_^۲_p =.۱۰), depression (p <.۰۰۱, _x۰۰۰۳__x۰۰۰۲__x۰۰۱C_^۲_p =.۳۱), anxiety (p <.۰۰۱, _x۰۰۰۳__x۰۰۰۲__x۰۰۱C_^۲_p =.۵۴), and stress (p <.۰۰۱, _x۰۰۰۳__x۰۰۰۲__x۰۰۱C_^۲_p =.۸۱) relative to the control condition. These findings provide compelling evidence that the Penn Resiliency Program is an efficacious cognitive-behavioral intervention for simultaneously enhancing adaptive academic behavior and reducing psychological symptomatology among university students, supporting its implementation as a scalable preventive strategy within higher education settings.

کلیدواژه ها:

Penn Resiliency Program ، resilience ، academic procrastination ، depression ، anxiety ، stress ، university students