The Role of Optimism to Improve the Psychological Well-Being in Women

Badria Bakhtari, Nosrat Bakhtari, Fariba Ghaseminejad

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The aim of study is evaluation the Optimism role in improve the psychological well-being in women.  The method of study is applied and to the data collection is descriptive and correlational. The study population consisted of all married women in Bandar Abbas those 257 individuals. In the sampling stage of the three metropolitan area chose then randomized into two groups (women with children and women without children). The findings show that there is a positive and significant relationship between optimism with psychological well-being.

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