en عمومى General پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:107%"><b><span style="line-height:107%">Background</span></b><span style="line-height:107%">: Emotional and behavioral disorders as well as social problems may damage individuals&rsquo; mental health especially those of adolescent students who are more vulnerable to these issues. This study aims to explore the effect of hope therapy with monotheistic integrated therapy (MIT) approach on the mental health of male high school students. </span></span><br> <span style="line-height:107%"><b><span style="line-height:107%">Methods</span></b><span style="line-height:107%">: In this quasi-experimental study, 40 adolescent male students were selected based on convenience sampling from a high school of Yazd County in academic year of 2020-2021. The participants were assigned to two groups including an experimental group (N = 20) and a control group (N = 20). The group counseling course was run for 6 sessions for the experimental group. Child Symptom Inventory-4 (CSI-4) for 6-to-14-year-old children and adolescents, based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSIM-IV), was used for data collection. Covariance was used through SPSS 26 for data analysis.</span></span><br> <span style="line-height:107%"><b><span style="line-height:107%">Results</span></b><span style="line-height:107%">: It was found that the difference between the experimental and control groups regarding the dimensions of mental health, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) occurred due to experimental intervention (P < 0.000); however, the independent variable did not have a significant effect on the dependent variable with regard to the dimension of behavioral disorder (P = 0.079). </span></span><br> <span style="line-height:107%"><b><span style="line-height:107%">Conclusion</span></b><span style="line-height:107%">: Hope therapy pattern with regard to MIT approach (group counseling) is one of the effective approaches on increasing the mental health of male high school students. </span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp;</div> Adolescent health, Hope therapy, Mental health, Monotheistic integrated therapy 0 0 http://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1985-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Abbas Afkhami Aghda Yes Hassan Zareei Mahmoodabadi No Ali Hakimizadeh Ardakani No