Academic Buoyancy Training

Purpose: The purpose of present study was determining the effectiveness of academic buoyancy training on academic engagement and adjustment to school in firth high school students. Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of methodology was semi-experimental with a pretest and posttest design with control group. The research population was firth high school girl students of District 9 of Tehran city in academic years of 2019-20. The research sample was 50 people who were selected by available sampling method and randomly replaced into two equal groups (each group 25 people). The experimental group underwent 12 sessions of 70-minute academic buoyancy training and the control group did not see training. Research tools were the questionnaires of academic engagement Fredricks and et al (2004) and adjustment to school Sinha & Singh (1993). Data were analyzed with chi-square, independent t and multivariate analysis of covariance methods in the SPSS version 21 software. Findings: The findings showed that the experimental and control groups had a significant difference in both variables of academic engagement and adjustment to school. In the other words, academic buoyancy training led to increased academic engagement and adjustment to school in firth high school students (P<0/05). Conclusion: Based on the results, it is recommended that school counselors and psychologists used the academic buoyancy training method to improve academic characteristics, especially to increase academic engagement and adjustment to school.