the effectiveness of group reality therapy on the psychological well-being of students

Background: reality therapy aims to foster responsibility-taking and help individuals establish a successful identity. this study investigates the effectiveness of group reality therapy on students' psychological well-being.methods: the study population comprised all payame noor university students enrolled at ghorveh branch during 2022. the research employed an experimental design with both experimental and control groups. a random sample of 30 students was selected, with 15 participants assigned to the experimental group, which received nine 90-minute sessions of group reality therapy. the remaining 15 students formed the control group. data were collected using carol ryff's psychological well-being scale. results: the findings showed descriptive information regarding psychological well-being in pretest and posttest for both control and experimental groups. psychological well-being mean value of students in experimental group in pretest was 308.01 ± 9.38, while posttest mean value for the same group was 317.73 ± 8.99. in contrast, psychological well-being mean value of students in control group in pretest was 309.93 ± 8.84, with posttest mean value for this group being 310.46 ± 8.96. the findings revealed that group reality therapy significantly improved the students' psychological well-being (p < 0.05). conclusion: group reality therapy is an effective intervention for enhancing students' psychological well-being, therefore, this method can be used to improve the psychological well-being of students.