بررسي اثر بخشي واقعيت درماني به شيوه گروهي بر افزايش ميزان عزت نفس دانشجويان دانشگاه فردوسي مشهد

The Effectiveness of Reality Therapy Group Training on the Enhancement of the Self-esteem of a Group of Students of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching reality therapy in groups on the enhancement of self-esteem of a group of students of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. The research design was experimental with pre-test, post-test, and follow up assessment. The research sample involved 22 participants, who scored poorly on the Cooper Smith self-esteem questionnaire; they were randomly assigned into one of the two groups. Only the experimental group received 8 training sessions. The results of a series of repeated measures ANOVAs indicated that experimental group, reported higher self-esteem on the post-test and the follow up assessment compared with their their pre-test (p<0.01).