Effectiveness of behavior management training package based on choice theory on reducing students' indiscipline at school

Students’indiscipline in the classroom and school environment has always disrupted the educational process and also it is a common behavioral problem during the adolescence. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the behavior management training package based on the choice theory on reducing the students' indiscipline at school. This study was conducted as a single-subject design with multiple simultaneous baselines with a two-month follow-up. The research population included all the ninth-grade male students of high schools in Javānrood city in the academic year 2020-2021, of which 3 students - who met the inclusion criteria - were selected using the purposeful sampling method, through the scale of students' stressful behaviors in the classroom. Each group, including students and their parents, individually received 12 sessions of training of the package which were previously designed and validated by the researchers. Data were analyzed by visual drawing, Reliable Change Index (RCI), recovery percentage formula and Cohen’s D effect size. Findings showed that the implementation of the behavior management training package based on the choice theory has a clinically and statistically significant effect on reducing the students' indiscipline at school (P <0.05). Therefore, it was recommended that the trainings of this package which is based on the educational-therapeutic foundations of choice theory, to be used individually and in groups, through the counseling centers, especially the education counseling centers.