The Effectiveness of Self-awareness Training on Students' Academic Achievement Motivation and their Aggression

Ashrafi, Sahar; Hadadi, Masumeh; Nashiba, Nazbanoo; Ghasemzadeh, Azizreza

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ MSc in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Rodhen Azad University, Rodhen, Iran.

² MSc in Personality Psychology, Department of Psychology, Karaj Azad University, Karaj, Iran

³ MSc in Educational Technology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

⁴ University of Applied Sciences, Tehran Welfare Organization, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Aggressive will affect all aspects of the adolescents' growth and health; their physical growth due to great stress disrupts reduce both their mental or cognitive growth, and learning and academic achievement. The present study aimed to examine the impact of selfawareness training on reducing aggression and promoting educational achievement motivation in third-grade students of Middle School. This research was based on a quasiexperimental framework and was conducted through implementing pre- and post-test. The research population included all third graders of Middle School during 2011-2012 in Tehran, Iran. A total number of 36 third graders with the highest level of aggression was randomly selected from a given school in District One of Tehran Municipality and were divided into control and experimental groups. Aggression Questionnaire (AGQ) and Inventory School Motivation(ISM) were employed to gather data. Moreover, the experimental group received treatment for two months in 8 sessions (each lasting for 45 minutes) whereas the control group received no treatment. Having finished treatment, both groups took post-test. One-way blocked analysis of variance was utilized to analyze the data. Therefore, results showed that there existed a statistically significant relationship between the self-awareness training and aggression reduction (F= 134.202, P< 0.05). In addition, self-awareness training and promotion of educational achievement motivation were significantly related (F= 134.997, P< 0.05). Regarding the research findings, it can be concluded that self-awareness would considerably reduce students’ aggression and promote their educational achievement motivation.

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Volume 5, Issue 1
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The Effectiveness of Self-awareness Training on Students' Academic Achievement Motivation and their Aggression

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Volume 5, Issue 1May 2014Pages 45-51

Volume 5, Issue 1
May 2014
Pages 45-51