The Effectiveness of a Training Program for the Development of Personal Resources in the Light of the theory of Conservation of Resources (COR) and its impact on improving the Academic Effort of university Female students (experimental study)

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The present study aimed to identify the effectiveness of a training program in the light of personal resources (hope, self-efficacy, optimism) and to verify its impact on improving the students' academic effort. The sample consisted of (46) Al-Qasim University, and the sample was divided into two experimental groups (23) and a control group (23). The Personality Resources Scale, which consisted of 39 items measuring three personal resources (hope, self-efficacy, optimism) was applied , academic effort scale of (28) items was applied . The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of (0.01) between the average scores of the experimental group members before and after the application of the training program on the measure of personal resources (hope, self-efficacy, optimism) and the measure of academic effort for the benefit of post-measurement. Statistical differences between the mean scores of the experimental group and the average scores of the control group after the application of the program on the measure of personal resources (hope, self-efficacy, optimism) and the measure of academic effort  for the benefit of the experimental group.

Key words: personal resources, Conservation of Resources (COR), academic effort.