The Effectiveness of Teaching Positive Thinking Skills with Emphasis on Religious Teachings on the Motivation of Progress and Self-Efficacy

Abstract

purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of teaching positive thinking skills with emphasis on religious teachings on students' motivation for progress and self-efficacy.Methodology: The research method in this study was pre-test post-test semi-experimental with control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all female high school students of dynamic high school in district 4 of Tehran in the academic year of 1398-98. The sample group consisted of 30 students who were randomly selected and divided into two groups of 15 each. The experimental group received 4 one-hour sessions (4 sessions per week) of positive thinking skills training with emphasis on religious teachings and the control group received no intervention. Data were collected by Hermes Progressive Motivation Scale (1970) and Scherer et al (1982) Self-efficacy Questionnaire and analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance in SPSS-25 software.Findings: Results showed that in the post-test phase, the motivation for progress and self-efficacy was significantly improved in the experimental group (p <0.05).Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that positive thinking skills training program with emphasis on religious teachings has been effective on motivation for progress and self-efficacy.