Examining of the effectiveness of academic resilience program based on character strengths

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Academic Resilience Psychoeducation Program Based on Character Strengths on the academic resilience level of high school students. A quasi-experimental design with experimental and control groups was used as a research model. Pre-test, post-test and follow-up measurements were made. The study group of the research consists of 14 (7 experimental/7 control) 9th grade students studying at a public high school in Ankara. Before the program, volunteer students were assigned to the experimental and control groups with the purposeful method. Academic Resilience Psychoeducation Program Based on Character Strengths was applied to the experimental group. With the Academic Resilience Psychoeducation Program Based on Character Strengths, students can; resilience, academic resilience and strength of character; curiosity, love of learning, perspective, creativity, judgment, perseverance, zest and hope were taught. No action was taken in the control group. The psychoeducation program applied to the experimental group consisted of a total of seven sessions, including the preliminary sessions, and was conducted face-to-face. In the study, Academic Resilience Scale was applied to determine the academic resilience levels of high school students. In addition, " Psychoeducation Program Evaluation Form" was applied to the experimental group students participating in the psychoeducation program to get their opinions about the program and the leader, and the "Personal Information Form" to obtain their demographic information. Pre-test measurements were made before the Academic Resilience Based on Character Strengths Psychoeducation Program started, post-test measurements were performed after completion, and one month after the completion of the experimental procedure, follow-up measurements were performed. In order to test the effectiveness of the Academic Resilience Psychoeducation Program Based on Character Strengths, the scores related normality test, Shapiro-Wilk test, Independent Groups t-test, Repeated Measures Anova analysis and Post-Hoc Test were used. As a result of the research, it was found that there was a significant difference between the academic resilience scale and the pre-test and post-test scores of the students in the experimental group. It was observed that the Academic Resilience Psychoeducation Program Based on Character Strengths was effective in increasing the academic resilience of the first year high school students in the experimental group. When the post-test measurement of the experimental and control groups was examined, it was seen that the expected significant difference between the groups occurred. It was found that there was no significant difference between the post-test and follow-up measures of the experimental group. According to the findings obtained from the study, the effect of the Academic Resilience Psychoeducation Program Based on Character Strengths continued in the experimental group one month later.