Shima Ershadi Chaharde; Firouz Kiumarsi
Abstract
Purpose: This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of responsibility training on time management and goal setting of female adolescents. Methodology: This study was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. The research population was all female adolescents of first ...
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Purpose: This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of responsibility training on time management and goal setting of female adolescents. Methodology: This study was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. The research population was all female adolescents of first grade high school of district 9 of Tehran city in academic years of 2019-2020. Among members of population after reviewing the inclusion criteria, 30 people were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly replaced into two equal groups, including experimental and control groups. The experimental group received responsibility training for 9 sessions of 90-minute (one session per week) and the control group did not receive any training. Data were collected with questionnaires of time management (Quinn & et all, 1990) and goal setting (Bouffard & et all, 1998) and analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance method in SPSS software version 19. Findings: The findings showed that the experimental and control groups in the posttest stage were significantly different in terms of time management and goal setting variables. In other words, responsibility training led to improve the time management and goal setting (mastery, approach performance and avoidance performance) of female adolescents (p < 0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, the responsibility training program is one of the effective methods to improve time management and goal setting of female adolescents and counselors and psychologists can use this method for their interventions.
