Comprehensive the effects of Adlerian group counseling and reality therapy on self-efficacy in students of middle school

The present study aims to compare the effects of Adlerian group counseling and reality therapy on well-being in students of middle school in Tehran city. The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population consisted of all-female high school students in public schools in Tehran in the academic year 2019-2020. Using the purposive sampling method, 45 participants were selected and then randomly divided into three 15-individual groups. The first experimental group received ten 90-minute sessions of the Adlerian counseling training program and the second experimental group participated in ten 90-minute sessions of reality therapy counseling training program. Research instruments the Self-Efficacy Scale (Scheier and Carver 1982). Research data were analyzed using ANCOVA. The results showed that there is a difference between the first experimental group of Adlerian group counseling, the second experimental group of reality therapy, and the control group in psychological well-being (P˃0.001). Adlerian group counseling had a higher effect on Self-efficacy than reality therapy. Therefore, Adlerian group counseling is an effective way to increase studentschr('39')