The Effectiveness of Positive Psychology Interventions with Islamic approach on Satisfaction of life in females with Multiple Sclerosis in city of Kerman

Authors

  • Hadis Saeedi Kerman branch, Islamic Azad University
  • Hossein Mousavi Nasab Assistant Professor of Psychology, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24200/jsshr.vol3iss04pp40-44

Abstract

The aim of the present research was to review the effectiveness of positive psychology interventions with Islamic approach on satisfaction of life in women with Multiple Sclerosis in Kerman city. Methodology: The present research is of quasi-experiment type with pretest-posttest design together with control group and following test with one-month duration after posttest. In this regard, 40 female patients from members of MS society of Kerman were selected as sample by targeted sampling and then they were placed in two groups of 20 people (experiment& control) through random assignment. Positive psychology with Islamic approach was trained only in experiment group during 7 sessions in120 minutes for each session satisfaction of life questionnaire (SWLS) was used as instrument. Results: The results showed that positive psychology interventions with Islamic approach increase the satisfaction of life in females with MS. Also, the effectiveness and impact of the training, according to the results of follow-up after one month, was stability. (p<0/001). Conclusion: It can be noted that positivism skills training in order to reinforce and improve positive relationship with self, others and world causes the people to know themselves better and recognize their positive experiences and find out the role of these positive experiences in increasing and promoting respect to themselves.

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2019-08-10

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