The effectiveness of teaching the basics of choice theory on enthusiasm for school and psychological toughness of elementary school boys

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of teaching the basics of choice theory on enthusiasm for school and psychological toughness of elementary school boys.

The purpose of this research was applied, and in terms of the method of implementation, it was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test with a control group. The statistical population of this research was all primary school boys in Kerman in the academic year 2022, who were selected as available. The selected sample was randomly assigned to two experimental groups (15 people) and control group (15 people). The research tools included teaching the basics of classroom selection theory (2015), Viga School Enthusiasm Questionnaire (2016) and Kubasa's stubbornness questionnaire (1979). The intervention sessions of training the basics of selection theory (during 2 and a half months and 10 sessions) were implemented for the experimental group, and no training was provided to the control group during this period. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and covariance analysis with SPSS-24 software were used for data analysis.

The results showed that after teaching the basics of selection theory, the enthusiasm for school and the psychological toughness of the experimental group increased significantly compared to the control group (p < 01). The results of the covariance analysis also showed that teaching the basics of choice theory had an effect of 0.47 on enthusiasm for school and 0.53 on psychological toughness.

Considering the effect of the choice theory on enthusiasm for school and psychological toughness, educational planners should include skill courses in the curriculum of the elementary school in order to improve life skills in addition to course topics.