THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUP MEANING THERAPY AND META-COGNITIVE THERAPY ON RESILIENCE AND STUDENT ADVANCEMENT MOTIVATION

Clarifying the psychological and educational status of motivation for progress
and resilience has highlighted the importance of using semantic and meta-cognitive approaches to
strengthen these two basic skills.Besides, it is considered as one of the most reguired human needs today
and a new scientific service to expand the field. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the
effectiveness of group psychology and metacognition of group therapy on the persistence and motivation
of the progress of female students of the Islamic Azad University of Naghadeh.
Materials & Methods: The present study is an applied and semi-experimental research method. The
statistical population consisted of students of the Department of Educational Sciences of Azad
University of Naghadeh with a volume of 120. The sample was determined using a representative sample
of 40. The sample was divided into two experimental and control groups and resiliency and
developmental motivation questionnaires were used. Then, the experimental group received 8 sessions
of teaching psychometric and 10 metacognitive sessions. For statistical analysis, one-way covariance
analysis was performed using SPSS software.
Results: The results showed that 68% of changes in the level of vibration and 78% of changes in the
level of motivation for students' progress were due to group meaning therapy. Also, 66 percent of
variations in the level of vibration and 77 percent of the variations in the motivation for student progress
were due to metacognition.
Conclusion: According to the statistical results, all the assumptions of the research were confirmed and
the overall result of the study indicated that group meaning therapy and metacognition of group therapy
affect the resilience and motivation of the progress of female students of Islamic Azad University of
Naghadeh