Comparison of the Effectiveness of Adlerian Group Counseling and Group Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Academic Vitality, Social Adequacy and Life Expectancy of Unsuccessful Entrance Exam Students

In today's era, education and education in general form an important part of people's lives. In addition, the quality and quantity of education plays an important role in the future of people. The present study was conducted by comparing the effectiveness of Adlerian group counseling and dialectical behavior therapy in academic vitality, social adequacy and life expectancy of unsuccessful male students in Zanjan. 

The current research design is applied and its method is semi-experimental. The statistical population of this research includes 587 male high school students who failed in the entrance exam of 2020, of which 45 were voluntarily selected and randomly divided into three groups of 15 (one control group and two experimental groups). In the first group, the intervention was based on the Adlerian group counseling protocol, and in the second group, the intervention was based on the group dialectical behavior therapy protocol, and the third group, as a control group, did not receive any intervention. The required data were collected in three periods: pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The tools of this research were used in all three stages of the academic vitality questionnaire (Dehghanizadeh and Chari, 2013) based on the academic vitality scale (Martin and Marsh, 2006). Data analysis was done using repeated measure analysis of variance by SPSS-24 software. 

The effect of dialectical behavior therapy method on academic vitality, social adequacy and life expectancy of students was more than Adlerian group counseling method (P<0.001). 

Based on the findings of this research, it can be concluded that dialectical behavior therapy can be used to restore academic vitality, social adequacy and life expectancy in students who have experienced academic failure.