The Effectiveness of Motivational Interview on Enhancing Self-efficacy and Improving Self-concept in Underdeveloped Students

Mojtaba Ashouri^1, , Parvin Zolghadri², Mohammad Nehmati³, Saber Alizadeh³ and Ali Issazadegan⁴

¹Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Peyamnor University

²Department of Educational Sciences, Peyamnoor University

³Department of Educational psychology, University of Urmia, Iran

⁴Department of Psychology, university of Urmia, Iran

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Mojtaba Ashouri, Parvin Zolghadri, Mohammad Nehmati, Saber Alizadeh and Ali Issazadegan. The Effectiveness of Motivational Interview on Enhancing Self-efficacy and Improving Self-concept in Underdeveloped Students. American Journal of Educational Research. 2015; 3(7):923-928. doi: 10.12691/education-3-7-17

Abstract

The aim of this study was the investigation of the effectiveness of motivational interview on enhancing self-efficacy and improving self-concept in underdeveloped students. The method of research was semi-experimental. The statistical population consisted of all male first grade students of high schools in Urmia city. 32 people of first grade students were selected as underdeveloped students and they were randomly divided in two groups (experimental group = 16 people, control group = 16 people). The design of research was pretest-posttest with control group. Subjects filled the Sherer’s self-efficacy questionnaire (1983) and Rogers’ self-concept scale before the beginning of intervention and two weeks after the last session of intervention. After the implementation of pretest, the program of motivational interview had implemented for motivational interviewing group during five sessions (each session takes 75 minutes and two times in a week). We used covariance for data analysis. The result showed that the scores of self-efficacy and self-concept of subjects had a significant increase after motivational interviewing. In the field of working with underdeveloped students, motivational interview (with due attention to its nature) may be considered as an effective consultative style.

Keywords:
motivational interview self-efficacy self-concept underdeveloped students

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