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The effectiveness of individual and group counseling between students from the perspective of counselors in the first secondary school of Karaj

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
shima zabihi far 1
morteza mohammadzade 2
arsalan afsar 3
1 Master student of educational psychology, Shahid Rajaei University
2 Master of Educational Management, Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran
3 BA in Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Imam Khomeini Salmas, elementary school teacher
10.22034/naes.2020.111562
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of individual and group counseling between students from the perspective of first grade high school counselors in Karaj. The statistical population of this study consists of all first grade high school students in Karaj. Krejcie and Morgan table was used to determine the minimum sample size. Accordingly, the number of samples from the two mentioned communities is 146 people. Random clustering method was used to select the sample members. In order to collect information, a researcher-made questionnaire on the effectiveness of individual and group counseling in the form of 12 closed-ended questions was used. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha. Kolmogorov-Smirnov, one-sample t-test and independent t-test were used to analyze the data. The results showed that individual and group counseling is effective and also there was no difference between group and individual counseling.
Keywords
Counseling
individual
group
students
high school
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  • Receive Date 07 August 2020
  • First Publish Date 21 December 2020
  • Publish Date 21 December 2020