The Effectiveness of Time Perspective Training on Cohesive Self-knowledge and Stress Management in Gypsy Students in Tehran

This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of time perspective training on cohesive self-knowledge and stress management in Gypsy students in Tehran. The research method was semi-experimental pre-test-post-test with control and follow-up group. The statistical population of the study included 59 Gypsy students in Tehran who were studying in the sixth grade of elementary school in the academic year of 2019-2020. Thirty-two of these students were selected by targeted sampling and randomly divided into two groups (16 experiments and 16 controls). For this purpose, first the self-cognitive coherence questionnaires of Ghorbani et al (2008) and stress management of Wang et al (2007) were distributed among the mentioned students, then 32 people who had the lowest score were selected as the sample. The experimental group was exposed to the time perspective program for 10 meeting of 75 minute sessions. the control group received no training. In order to evaluate the stability measurement, the follow-up test group was followed up 2 months after the post-test run. . The results showed that the training of the time perspective training package had an effect on the self-awareness of the students of Gypsy in the post-test and follow-up stages (p < 0.001). Teaching time-saving eye training packages affected the stress management Gypsy students in the post-test and follow-up stages (p < 0.001). Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that Gypsy students in Tehran have problems in the field of cohesive self-knowledge and stress management, in which time perspective training can be effective.