Comparing the Effectiveness of Academic Buoyancy Training and Logotherapy on Motivational Orientation in Secondary School Students

The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of academic buoyancy training and logotherapy on motivational orientation in secondary school students.

This study was applied in terms of purpose and semi-experimental in terms of execution method with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The research population was the second grade students of secondary school in Iranshahr city in the academic year of 2019-20. Among them, 60 students were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly divided into three equal groups. The experimental group of academic buoyancy received training in 12 sessions of 70 minutes and logotherapy in 10 sessions of 70 minutes, and the control group did not receive training. The research tool was motivational orientation questionnaire (Ryan, 1989). Data were analyzed in SPSS-V21 software with multivariate covariance analysis methods.

The results showed that the increase in motivational orientation in the buoyancy training group was statistically significant compared to the logotherapy and control groups, while the logotherapy training did not significantly increase the motivational orientation compared to the control group (P<0.05).

Based on the findings, it is recommended that counselors and psychologists use academic vitality training methods to increase motivational orientation.