Positive Psychological Therapies on Happiness and Responsibility of Household Supervisor Women

Sara Balali Hedayat Abad, Saeed Teimouri

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to investigate the positive psychotherapy for the happiness and accountability of female headed households under the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation support. Research was a type of pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population in this research was the head of household, under coverage of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee was administered by a Mashhad in the second half of 2016, with 30 people, the experimental group (15 people) and the control group (15 persons) selected through targeted sampling and the experimental group was exposed to 14 sessions of 60 minutes Positive Psychology intervention. The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (1982) and the California Satisfaction Questionnaire were used to collecting data. The results showed that Positive psychotherapy leads to increased happiness and empowerment.

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