University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Journal of School Psychology 22520821 13 3 2024 09 22 The effectiveness of positive thinking training on emotional maturity and perception of competence in single-parent female students of fifth grade The effectiveness of positive thinking training on emotional maturity and perception of competence in single-parent female students of fifth grade 68 79 3421 10.22098/jsp.2024.11843.5433 FA Heman Mahmoudfakhe Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran. Elham Khosravi M.A of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran. Habibeh Shiri M.A, general Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran Journal Article 2022 11 23 Objective: The aim of the current research was the effectiveness of positive thinking training on emotional maturity and perception of competence in fifth-grade single-parent female students. <br />Methods: This research was conducted as a semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design with an experimental and control group. The statistical population of the research includes all single-parent female students of fifth grade in Mahabad city who were studying in schools in the academic year 1400-1401. The sampling method in the present study was a simple random sampling in which 8 people were in the experimental group and 8 people were in the control group, and the experimental group received positive thinking skills training during 10 1-hour sessions. The instruments used in the present study were the Self- Perception Profile for Children (Harter, 1982) and the Emotional maturity scale(Singh and Bhargav, 1991). The data were analyzed using the analysis of the covariance test. <br />Results: The results of covariance analysis for the effect of positivity-based therapy training on emotional maturity and perception of competence in students in groups in the post-test phase and after controlling for the pre-test effect showed that the difference between the two groups in the post-test is significant and the effect size (Eta square) for emotional maturity and perception of competence was 0.497 and 0.670, respectively. <br />Conclusion: Accordingly, it can be concluded that teaching positive thinking skills has an effect on emotional maturity and increases the perception of competence in female students. Objective: The aim of the current research was the effectiveness of positive thinking training on emotional maturity and perception of competence in fifth-grade single-parent female students. <br />Methods: This research was conducted as a semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design with an experimental and control group. The statistical population of the research includes all single-parent female students of fifth grade in Mahabad city who were studying in schools in the academic year 1400-1401. The sampling method in the present study was a simple random sampling in which 8 people were in the experimental group and 8 people were in the control group, and the experimental group received positive thinking skills training during 10 1-hour sessions. The instruments used in the present study were the Self- Perception Profile for Children (Harter, 1982) and the Emotional maturity scale(Singh and Bhargav, 1991). The data were analyzed using the analysis of the covariance test. <br />Results: The results of covariance analysis for the effect of positivity-based therapy training on emotional maturity and perception of competence in students in groups in the post-test phase and after controlling for the pre-test effect showed that the difference between the two groups in the post-test is significant and the effect size (Eta square) for emotional maturity and perception of competence was 0.497 and 0.670, respectively. <br />Conclusion: Accordingly, it can be concluded that teaching positive thinking skills has an effect on emotional maturity and increases the perception of competence in female students. https://jsp.uma.ac.ir/article_3421_949222879572847ced7a018f3670d21b.pdf