Psycho-educational group intervention based on reality therapy to cope with academic procrastination

Abstract

This study explored the efficacy of a psycho-educational group intervention based on reality therapy for treating youth with academic procrastination. the participants consisted of undergraduates from a state university located in the Eastern Black Sea Region in Turkey. A 10-session training program based on reality therapy was implemented with the experimental group, and a no treatment control group served as the comparison. Pre-test, post-test, and follow-up measure for the experimental and control groups were analyzed used in the research. Two-way analysis of variance split plot design. the findings showed that the training program had an effect on decreasing undergraduates' academic procrastination behavior.