The Effectiveness of a Positive Intervention Program Based on the Components of Resilience and Forgiveness in Autonomy and Emotional Processing in Victims Students

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a positive intervention program based on the components of resilience and forgiveness in the emotional autonomy and emotional processing of victimized students. The research design was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test type with a control group and a three-month follow-up period. The research population included all male and female students being victims of bullying in second secondary schools in Bostan Abad, Iran in the academic year of 2023-2024. A sample of 30 students were selected using the convenience sampling method and were. randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. Bullying Victims Questionnaire, Emotional Autonomy Scale, and Emotional Processing Scale were used to collect the data. The intervention program was implemented in the 8th session of 45 minutes in groups and with gender separation for the experimental group and the control group did not receive any training. The results of the analysis of variance with repeated measurements showed that the positive psychology intervention based on resilience and forgiveness components significantly increased the emotional autonomy and improved the emotional processing process of victimized students. This continued in the follow-up period. Therefore, the results of this research can be used to improve the professional skills of teachers, school counselors, and educational psychologists in order to properly face the problems of students and to improve the connection and communication with teenagers.