This study aimed to evaluate the impact of positive psychology class group counseling on the optimism of junior high school students, optimize class management, and prompt students to grow healthfully. The research adopted the quasi-experimental pre-and post-test design. In this study, the participants were the first-grade students from a middle school. They were divided into the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group received the Optimism Group Counseling Program, in which they attended two classes weekly for ten consecutive weeks. The control group only had a routine class meeting activity course. The instruments involved the Life Orientation Test-Revised and Optimism-Pessimism Scale. The findings showed that positive psychology class group counseling can enhance the optimism of junior high school students. This study suggests that the Optimism Group Counseling Program can be adopted as a school educational reference.
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