Effectiveness of Reality Therapy Group Counseling Program on Academic Motivation and Procrastination

The goal of this paper was to examine effectiveness of reality therapy group counseling on academic motivation and academic procrastination of high school students. This study was a quasi-experimental research with pretest/posttest design with control group. The study population consisted of female high school students of Mashhad district 5 that failed in at least one of their courses in 89-90 academic years and had participated in remedial classes. The research sample consisted of 20 students that had scored very high or very low on the academic procrastination and academic motivation questionnaire and voluntarily chosen to participate in the research. The experiment group received 8 sessions of reality therapy group counseling. The measures used in this study include Academic Motivation Questionnaire - Student (Abdekhodaie 1387) and Procrastination Assessment Scale Student (Solomon & Rothblum، 1984). The data analyzed by using the analysis of covariance method (ANCOVA). Results of study reveald that reality therapy group counseling program significantly decreased academic procrastination but had no effect on academic motivation.