Positive Psychology Effectiveness on the Life Quality of Workers in Shipping Companies

Mahsa Naqashzadeh

Abstract


The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of positive psychology on the life quality of workers in Bandar Abbas shipping companies because positive psychology includes the field of optimization functions. Methodology: This is an experiment based on pretest-posttest. The statistical population included all employees of shipping companies. 24 people were selected as the sample by random sampling method divided into two groups of test and control. Pretest was taken in both groups and after 8 sessions of positive thinking to the test group, the posttest was taken of both test group who were educated and the control group who were not educated. 26-item questionnaire of quality of life was the tool for data collection. The data were analyzed using UNVARITE covariance analysis in spss-18 software. The results showed that positive thinking has significant impacts on the quality of life of employees especially for physical, psychological and social health.

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