en آموزش و سلامت Education & Health Original Article <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:8pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Background:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"> 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&#39; psychological well-being.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">&nbsp;<b>Methods:</b> 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&#39;s Psychological Well-Being Scale. </span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Results:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"> The findings showed descriptive information regarding psychological well-being in pretest and posttest for both control and experimental groups. Psychological well-being</span></span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">mean value of students in experimental group in pretest was 308.01 &plusmn; 9.38, while posttest mean value for the same group was 317.73 &plusmn; 8.99. In contrast, psychological well-being mean value of students in control group in pretest was 309.93 &plusmn; 8.84, with posttest mean value for this group being 310.46 &plusmn; 8.96. The findings revealed that group reality therapy significantly improved the students&#39; psychological well-being (p < 0.05). </span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Conclusion:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"> Group reality therapy is an effective intervention for enhancing students&#39; psychological well-being, Therefore, this method can be used to improve the psychological well-being of students.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <br> &nbsp;</span> Reality Therapy, Psychotherapy, Psychological Well-Being 1551 1558 http://sbrh.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-516-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 masoud fazlalipour mesud.fq@gmail.com 0000-0001-9425-5159 Yes Department of Statistics, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran mohamad khalediyan khaledian12@gmail.com x0000-0003-2067-649 No Department of Psychology, Payam Noor University,Tehran, Iran mehdi salehi mehdisalehi2020@gmail.com 0000-0002-4682-9207 No Department of Education, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran