Teaching choice theory on increasing mental health and academic self-efficacy of female high school students

The purpose of this study was to teach choice theory to increase mental health and academic self-efficacy of female high school students.

It was a semi-experimental research design of pre-test-post-test and follow-up type with a control group. The sample includes 40 female high school students who were randomly selected. Selection theory training was conducted on the experimental group for 12 sessions of 120 minutes, and a post-test was conducted after the sessions. GHQ and Morgan's academic self-efficacy questionnaire were used to collect data.

The results of covariance analysis showed that choice theory training was effective in increasing the mental health and academic self-efficacy of female high school students.

Therefore, according to The effectiveness of choice theory training on improving mental health and academic self-efficacy, it is recommended to educators to use the choice theory training program in order to improve the condition of students.