Research in Clinical Psychology and Counseling

Research in Clinical Psychology and Counseling

The Effectiveness of Group Schema Therapy on Academic Procrastination and Self-Regulation of Learning in High School Female Students

Document Type : پژوهشی

Authors
1 Student/Islamic Azad University,Bojnourd,Iran
2 Associate Pr./Islamic Azad University,Bojnourd,Iran
Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Group Schema Therapy on academic procrastination and self-regulation of learning in high school female students.
Method: The method of this study was quasi-experimental and pre-test and post-test with the control group design. The statistical population of the study consisted of all female high school students in Mashhad in the 2018-2019 academic year. The research sample consisted of 30 students who were selected using a multi-stage cluster random sampling method.  Participants were then randomly assigned in experimental and control groups (15 participants in each group). The experimental group received ten 90-minute sessions of schema group therapy (two sessions per week). The control group received no intervention. Both groups completed the questionnaires of Procrastination Assessment Scale-Students (PASS; Solomon & Rothblum, 1984) and Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ; Pintrich & De Groot, 1990) in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages. The data were analyzed using ANOVA with repeated measure method.
Findings: The results showed that group schema therapy significantly let to reduction in academic procrastination and increase in self-regulation of learning for the students assigned in the experimental group compared to the students assigned in the control group.

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Volume 10, Issue 1 - Serial Number 19
September 2020
Pages 70-86

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