Comparing the Effectiveness of Motivational Psychotherapy and Reality Therapy on the Mental Health of Female Students

This research was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of motivational psychotherapy and reality therapy on the mental health of female students.

The research method was a semi-experimental method with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the present study included female students studying in the second secondary level of Kashmir city in the academic year of 1402-1401. Using the purposeful sampling method, a number of 45 students from among the students studying in the second secondary level of Kashmir city who meet the conditions for entering the study, were selected and randomly divided into three groups, experiment (reality therapy = 15 people and psychotherapy motivation group = 15 people) and the control group (15 people) was assigned. The package of motivational psychotherapy and reality therapy was implemented on the experimental groups as a group. The data collection tool was the GHQ general health questionnaire. Analysis of covariance analysis and SPSS25 software were used to analyze the data.

The findings showed that there is a significant difference between the effectiveness of reality therapy and motivational psychotherapy on mental health in the post-test stage.

The post-test adjusted averages show the better performance of the motivational psychotherapy approach as a native approach on students' mental health.