The Effectiveness of Positive Intervention on Motivational Beliefs of Students with Academic Failure

One of the problems and obstacles of educational systems is academic failures that impose unpleasant financial and attitude burdens on the educational system, family, and students. Thus, this study aimed to examine the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on motivational beliefs in secondary school boy students with academic failure. The present study was a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test and follow-up with a control group. The sample consisted of 30 male students with academic failure in Dezful schools in the academic year of 2018-2019. The participants were selected by the available sampling method and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group received eight ninety-minute sessions over two months. The applied questionnaire in the study was Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. Data were analyzed through multivariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that positive intervention affects motivational beliefs in students with academic failure. Therefore, according to the present study's findings, positive intervention can efficiently increase self-efficacy and intrinsic value and reduce test anxiety, which are the subcomponents of motivational beliefs in students with academic failure.