Noferesti A, okhovati F. (2019). The Effectiveness of Positive Thinking Skills Training on Increasing Happiness and Resilience of orphaned adolescent Girls.
Rooyesh.
8(10), 71-78.
URL:
http://frooyesh.ir/article-1-1837-en.html
1- university of Tehran , a.noferesti@ut.ac.ir
2- sicence& Culture University
Abstract: (2252 Views)
The aim of this study was to promote happiness and resilience in Adolescents Girls without Caregivers by using positive thinking skills. It is a quasi-experimental design with pre-test-post-test design with control group. The population of the study consisted of all adolescent girls without caregivers who were live in organization of Alborz Province. A sample of 40 individuals from this society was selected through targeted sampling and randomly divided into two groups of 20 subjects (experimental and control). The members of both groups completed the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (1989) and Conner-Davidson's (2003) resilience before performing the test. Then, eight sessions of 45 minutes of positive thinking educational intervention were performed for the experimental group and after that, both groups were re-evaluated. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis. The findings of this study showed that training of positive thinking skills significantly increased the happiness and resilience of adolescent girls. It seems that positive thinking skills training can be successfully used to empower unprotected adolescents.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
Family Psychology Received: 2019/10/12 | ePublished: 2019/12/31