Study of the Efficacy of Cognitive Restructuring Teaching at Student\'s Attribution Style and Academic Performance

Objectives: One of the education ministry’s concerns in high schools is the problem of academic achievement. The researches have mentioned that student’s false attribution and absence of scholastic counseling service are the most important factors affecting student’s lo...

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Main Authors: Niloofar Mikaeili, Hossein Zare, Aref Akbari Alhashem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Negah Institute for Scientific Communication 2010-10-01
Series:Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
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Online Access:http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-43&slc_lang=en&sid=1
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Hossein Zare
Aref Akbari Alhashem
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description Objectives: One of the education ministry’s concerns in high schools is the problem of academic achievement. The researches have mentioned that student’s false attribution and absence of scholastic counseling service are the most important factors affecting student’s low performance and achievements. The main goal of this research was to study the rate of cognitive reconstructive effect on attribution style and girl students’ academic performance at high school in Khalkhal. Methods: Pre-test and post-test experimental designs with control group were used in this study. Thirty high school girl students were chosen randomly in 2 groups including 15 persons in experimental group and 15 persons in control group. Eight sessions of cognitive reconstructive counseling, like communal for experimental group, were held. Subjects were evaluated by attributive style inventory and school year average by per-test and post–test. The general hypothesis was “cognitive reconstructive education influence, students’ attribution style and academic performance”. Manava and independent groups’ t-test for testing hypotheses were used. Results: Analyses showed that cognitive reconstructive education increase internal, permanent and general attributions for positive events and decrease those attributions for negative events. Discussion: Cognitive reconstructive education increase students’ academic performance.
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spelling doaj.art-098b6b171e9e4cc5aadbaab8045f8eb92022-12-22T01:41:14ZengNegah Institute for Scientific CommunicationIranian Rehabilitation Journal1735-36021735-36102010-10-01824349Study of the Efficacy of Cognitive Restructuring Teaching at Student\'s Attribution Style and Academic PerformanceNiloofar Mikaeili0Hossein Zare1Aref Akbari Alhashem2 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Payame Noor, Tehran, Iran. University of Payame Noor, Tehran, Iran. Objectives: One of the education ministry’s concerns in high schools is the problem of academic achievement. The researches have mentioned that student’s false attribution and absence of scholastic counseling service are the most important factors affecting student’s low performance and achievements. The main goal of this research was to study the rate of cognitive reconstructive effect on attribution style and girl students’ academic performance at high school in Khalkhal. Methods: Pre-test and post-test experimental designs with control group were used in this study. Thirty high school girl students were chosen randomly in 2 groups including 15 persons in experimental group and 15 persons in control group. Eight sessions of cognitive reconstructive counseling, like communal for experimental group, were held. Subjects were evaluated by attributive style inventory and school year average by per-test and post–test. The general hypothesis was “cognitive reconstructive education influence, students’ attribution style and academic performance”. Manava and independent groups’ t-test for testing hypotheses were used. Results: Analyses showed that cognitive reconstructive education increase internal, permanent and general attributions for positive events and decrease those attributions for negative events. Discussion: Cognitive reconstructive education increase students’ academic performance.http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-43&slc_lang=en&sid=1Cognitive restructuring-attribution style-academic performance Education Academic achievement
spellingShingle Niloofar Mikaeili
Hossein Zare
Aref Akbari Alhashem
Study of the Efficacy of Cognitive Restructuring Teaching at Student\'s Attribution Style and Academic Performance
Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
Cognitive restructuring-attribution style-academic performance
Education
Academic achievement
title Study of the Efficacy of Cognitive Restructuring Teaching at Student\'s Attribution Style and Academic Performance
title_full Study of the Efficacy of Cognitive Restructuring Teaching at Student\'s Attribution Style and Academic Performance
title_fullStr Study of the Efficacy of Cognitive Restructuring Teaching at Student\'s Attribution Style and Academic Performance
title_full_unstemmed Study of the Efficacy of Cognitive Restructuring Teaching at Student\'s Attribution Style and Academic Performance
title_short Study of the Efficacy of Cognitive Restructuring Teaching at Student\'s Attribution Style and Academic Performance
title_sort study of the efficacy of cognitive restructuring teaching at student s attribution style and academic performance
topic Cognitive restructuring-attribution style-academic performance
Education
Academic achievement
url http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-43&slc_lang=en&sid=1
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