the effectiveness of group therapy based on compassion on career motivation of medical students

Purpose: the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group therapy based on compassion on the career motivation of medical students.methods: this study is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and control group. the statistical population consists of medical students in tehran. thirty students who scored low on the questionnaire were selected as the sample group and randomly assigned to two experimental groups (15 students) and control groups (15 students). pintrich and de groot's (1990) motivational strategies questionnaire was used as the instrument in this study. covariance analysis was used to analyze the data.results: the findings obtained in two stages of the test in the two experimental and control groups confirmed the effectiveness of group therapy based on compassion on increasing motivational beliefs and self-regulatory strategies with 0.99 confidence.conclusion: in addition to protecting the individual against negative psychological states, self-compassion plays a role in strengthening positive emotional states such as job motivation.