Investigating the Effectiveness of Welsh Metacognition Group Training on Irrational Beliefs and Cognitive Creativity in Students with Learned Helplessness

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Wells's metacognitive group training on irrational beliefs and cognitive creativity among students with learned helplessness. This research was conducted as a semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all 11th-grade female students in Rasht City in the academic year of 2021-2022, numbering 581, of which 40 qualified volunteers were selected by purposeful sampling and entered into the study in 2 groups (experimental and control). Both groups completed the Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire (IBQ) by Jones (1968) and the Cognitive Creativity Questionnaire (CCQ) by Abedi (1993). The experimental group underwent metacognitive group training (MTP) of Wells (2002) for 8 sessions (60 minutes each session). The data was analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis. The results showed that by controlling the effect of the pre-test, there was a significant difference (P<0.05) between the post-test of the experimental group and the control group in irrational beliefs and cognitive creativity of students with learned helplessness. According to the findings of the research, it can be concluded that group metacognition training in Wales has been effective in reducing irrational beliefs and increasing the cognitive creativity of students.