Rafizadeh Tafti R, Sadipour I, Asadzadeh H, Dortaj F.
(2025). The effectiveness of character strengths training with a positive approach on resilience and vitality academic students. Rooyesh. 14(6), 11-20.
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1- PhD student in Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. , e.sadipour@atu.ac.ir
3- Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
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The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of character strengths training with a positive approach on resilience and vitality of academic students. The research method employed a semi-experimental design, featuring a pre-test-post-test and control group, with a two-month follow-up. The statistical population included eleventh-grade female students in District 1 of Yazd city in the academic year 2023-2023. The sample size of the study included 40 female students who were selected using a multi-stage cluster random sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups (20 students in each group). The research instruments included the Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) by Connor and Davison (2003) and the Academic Vitality Questionnaire (AVQ) by Dehghani-Zadeh and Hossein-Chari (2012). The control group did not receive any intervention, but the experimental group received the positive attitude character strengths intervention (eight ninety-minute sessions, one session per week). Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. The findings showed that in the experimental group, the difference between the pre-test and post-test and follow-up stages was significant for all five components of academic resilience and vitality (P=0.001). Apart from personal competence and trust in instincts, there was no difference between the post-test and follow-up variables in the experimental groups (P<0.05). The results showed that positive attitude character empowerment training is probably an effective treatment for improving resilience and academic vitality in students.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
Educational Psychology Received: 2024/12/22 | Accepted: 2025/01/13 | ePublished: 2025/09/28