Effectiveness of William’s DISC Model on the Level of Educational Adjustment of Adolescents with Covid-19 Patient

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Departmentof Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Ardabil Branch,Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.

2 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, khoy Branch, Islamic Azad University, khoy, Iran.

3 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of William Moulton Marston’s DISC model intervention On the level of educational adaptation of adolescents with Covid-19 patients. The research was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test and control groups and the statistical population included adolescents aged 13 to 18 years living in Naghadeh who had a person with Covid-19 in their family in 2021. The statistical sample size was 40 people (20 in the experimental group and 20 in the control group) from the statistical population who were selected by the available sampling method and randomly placed in the control and experimental groups. For the experimental group, 10 sessions of 90-minute sessions based on William Moulton Marston’s DISC model were performed and the control group did not receive any treatment. In this study, Inventory Adjustment of Students Sinha & Singh was used to collect data. The results showed that the mean level of educational adjustment in the experimental group decreased significantly after DISC intervention compared to the control group (P <0.01). According to the results of this study, it can be concluded that the DISC model intervention improves the level of educational adjustment in adolescents with Covid-19 patient.

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