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Volume 13, Issue 52 (1-2015)
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The Purpose of present study was to examine the effectiveness of positive psychology based training on resiliency and anger control on high school students in Yazd city. In this research we used experimental design with pretest-posttest and control group. Statistical community contained students who were studying in first class of high school in Yazd in 1391-1392. Multi-stage cluster random sampling was used and 24 students with low resiliency and high anger score were chosen and placed in control and experimental groups randomly and equally. Experimental group were taught based on positive psychology during 12 sessions. We used Connor and Davidson resilience and trait –state questionnaire. Covariance analysis used for data analysis. Results showed that positive psychology training was effective on resilience and anger control and its some subscales. Positive psychology training with reinforcement of positive emotions and perception of abilities can increase resiliency. Also, this training with using of subjective experience and forgiveness helps for anger control and replacement of anger with positive emotions. l
, , Abdollah Shafiabady, ,
Volume 17, Issue 66 (7-2018)
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of group education of positive psychology and Islamic approach based on Quranic teachings on increasing the happiness of employed married women. The present study was a semi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test with control group and one-month post-test follow-up test. Among the statistical population, 75 people were selected by stratified sampling method and randomly divided into three groups of 25 (experimental and control). The education was positively oriented with the Quranic teachings of eight weekly 90-minute sessions. Oxford Happiness was a questionnaire. Findings showed that there was a significant difference between the expectations of the experimental groups compared to the control group (p <0.001) and the Qur'anic method in comparison with the positivist on increasing happiness Has been more effective. As a result, we can say that by developing these approaches, happiness increases
Maryam Tavakkoli, Ali Taheri, Parisa Hariri,
Volume 23, Issue 90 (6-2024)
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Aim: The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of adolescent-oriented mindfulness training and positive psychological interventions on self-esteem and sleep problems of adolescent girls in city of Abadeh. Methods: The present research method was a post-event descriptive quasi-experimental study with control group. The statistical population of this research was all female teenagers studying in city of Abadeh, 45 of whom were selected through purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to three groups (adolescent-centered mindfulness training, positive psychological interventions, and control groups). The measurement tool was Cooper Smith's Self-Esteem Questionnaire and Pittsburgh's Sleep Quality Questionnaire. Findings: The findings showed that the relationship between pre-test and post-test in self-esteem scores and sleep problems is significant (p<0.05). Other results also showed that the main effect of the group is significant, which indicates that the main variables of the research, namely, self-esteem and sleep problems in the post-test stage, are significantly different in the two experimental and control groups (P=0.001). Conclusion: The results of multivariate and univariate covariance analysis showed that adolescent-oriented mindfulness training and positive psychological interventions increase self-esteem and reduce sleep problems in adolescent girls. Also, mindfulness intervention had a greater effect on increasing self-esteem and reducing sleep problems in adolescent girls than positive psychotherapy intervention.
