The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of a growth program based on reality therapy on middle school girls' leaned helplessness and self-regulated learning. The subjects for study were 66 students of two classroom. A classroom students were assigned into the experimental group(33 students) and the other class was assigned into the control group(33 students). The students in the experimental group went through 10 sessions of a growth program based on reality therapy and second control group did program of a regular school curriculum. It was carried out 10 sessions in 9 weeks 45-55 minutes lasting 10 sessions. The result of this study follow. First, the experimental group which participated in a growth program based on reality therapy showed significant differences in learned helplessness from that of the control group. Second, the experimental group which participated in a growth program based on reality therapy showed significant differences in self-regulated learning ability from that of the control group.
Key words : reality therapy, learned helplessness, self-regulated learning, middle school girls