The Effectiveness of Psychological Skills Training on the Work Readiness of Professional-Technical Girl Students | ||
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| Article 20, Volume 20, Issue 77, April 2025, Pages 251-261 PDF (663.24 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.22034/jmpr.2024.64797.6556 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Atefeh Khayat Naseri1; Kobra Namvaran* 2; Sadegh Maleki Avarsin3; Jahangir Yari Haj Ataloo3 | ||
| 1PhD student, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran | ||
| 2Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran | ||
| 3Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present research aimed to determine the effectiveness of psychological skills training on the work readiness of female technical-vocational students. This applied research used a semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all eleventh-grade students of technical-vocational high schools in Tabriz city in the academic year 1401-1402, with an average age of 16±1. Sampling was conducted using a multi-stage cluster method. First, the district and then a girls’ technical school were randomly selected, and then two classes of the same discipline and level (eleventh) were randomly selected from that school. Then one of the classes was randomly assigned as the experimental group and the other as the control group. The study sample consisted of 42 people (21 in each group). Data was collected through the Work Readiness Scale before and after the implementation of the intervention package of psychological skills training. Psychological skills training for the experimental group was implemented in sixteen 90-minute sessions. The control group did not receive any training other than routine school training. Data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis of covariance using SPSS statistical software. The results showed that psychological skills training effectively affects students’ work readiness and its components. Psychological skills training was suggested for students to improve their work readiness. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| work readiness; professional; psychological; technical; skill | ||
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