TY - JOUR ID - 16476 TI - The effectiveness of Reality therapy on Self-efficacy and Identity Styles of Female Students JO - International Journal of Pediatrics JA - IJP LA - en SN - 2345-5047 AU - Nowruzpoor, Elham AU - Vakili, Parivash AU - Rezakhani, Simin Dokht AD - Student of Islamic Azad University, Roodehen Branch, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Counseling, Department of Counseling, Roodehen, Iran. AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Counseling, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran. Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 9 IS - 8 SP - 14212 EP - 14223 KW - Female Students KW - Identity styles KW - Reality therapy KW - Self-efficacy DO - 10.22038/ijp.2020.50939.4044 N2 - Background Numerous studies have proposed reality therapy as one of the successful approaches in addressing self-efficacy, and types of identity. So, This study try to assess effectiveness of Reality therapy on Self-efficacy and Identity Styles of Female Students Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and a control group. The study population included all of the second year high school female students (458) in the second district of Tehran during the academic year 2018-19, out of which 30 individuals were selected by the use of purposeful sampling method. To collect data, Self-efficacy scale and Identity styles questionnaire were used, and then the participants were randomly assigned to the two control (n=15) and experimental (n=15) groups. The experimental group received reality therapy training for ten treatment sessions (90 minutes for each session). The data were analyzed using Multivariate covariance in SPSS-23. Results: The Mean ± SD of the groups were as follows: reciprocal behavior, 16.93 ± 0.884; reality therapy, 16.87 ± 0.834 and the control group, 17±0.926. The findings showed that training in reality therapy was successful on self-efficacy (P < 0.05; 0.27; 2 =0.72) and sample group identity (P < 0.05; 2 = 0.059). Conclusion Psychological groups in reality therapy can be applied as an effective approach to increase self-efficacy and improve identity style and thus reduce behavioral and social damage. UR - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_16476.html L1 - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_16476_8ff8be2e7cdedc9a1821037ceb8a31a8.pdf ER -