Effectiveness Wisdom Training on Psychological Capital in Second Period High School Students in Tehran city

Abstract

Purpose: Psychological capital is one of the positive psychological indicators that is defined by the characteristics of optimism, perseverance, positive self-attribution and tolerance of problems. The present study was conducted investigating Effectiveness Wisdom training on Psychological Capital and Spiritual Health in Second Period High School Students in Tehran city in 2019.
Method: The present study was applied in terms of purpose, cross-sectional in terms of data collection time and in terms of data collection method or nature of quasi-experimental research with pre-test-post-test design with control and follow-up groups. The statistical population of the study was all high school students in Tehran who were selected by one-stage cluster sampling method 30 people and divided into two groups of experimental (15 people) and control (15 people) experimental group under Wisdom training 8 sessions 90 sessions Minutes (based on a protocol designed by the researcher) and the control group remained on the waiting list. The main data of this study were obtained using the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (McGee, 2011). Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, skew-stretch, minimum and maximum) and inferential statistics (multivariate analysis of covariance) were used in data analysis.
Findings: The results showed that micro-education increased students' psychological capital and components of resilience, self-efficacy, hope and optimism.
Conclusion: The results also showed that Wisdom training is effective on the psychological capital of high school students in Tehran over time. The present study showed that wisdom education can be considered as an effective intervention in increasing students' psychological capital.