THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PROGRAM TO ENHANCE PROBLEM SOLVING OF ADOLESCENT STUDENTS

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study effects of psychological program to enhance problem solving of adolescent students. The sample consisted of 60 upper secondary school students in Rayong who volunteeredto participate in this research. They were randomly assigned into two group: an experimental group and a controlgroup, with 30 participants in each group. The data collection period was four weeks, two times a week, 8 times in total and 50 minutes in each session. The data collection procedure was divided into three phases: thepre -test, the post-test, and the follow -up. The instruments were 1) Problem solving program. 2) The Problem-Solving Inventory Revised-shot from: SPSI-R short from and 3) Wisconsin Card Sorting Test-128 (WCST-128). The data were analyzed by repeated-measure analysis of variance: one between-subjects and one within-subjects. The research result was the experimental group had score of problem solving for post-test and follow-up period higher than in the pre-test with statistical significance at the level of .05. And the experimental group had score of problem solving for post-test and follow-up period higher than the control group with statistical significance at the level of .05.