The Effect of Teaching Happiness Using Cognitive-Behavioral Method on Hope for Life and Achievement Motivation among Female Ninth Grade Students with Body Image Dissatisfaction in Isfahan

Subject Areas : Educational

shiva akhtarian ¹ ( Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Isfahan, Iran )
masoud salimi ² ( Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Isfahan, Iran )
maryam shahandeh ³ ( Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran )

Received: 2020-03-01 Accepted : 2020-06-27 Published : 2023-02-20

Keywords: body image, achievement motivation, female students, happiness, Hope for life,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of teaching happiness using cognitive-behavioral method on hope for life and achievement motivation of female students dissatisfied with their body image. For this purpose, by sampling clusters from junior high school students of Isfahan in the academic year(2019-2020) one school was selected and all the ninth grade students of this school (n =90) took body image concern questionnaire (Littleton, Axsom, & Pury, 2005). Based on the results, 28 subjects who had the highest body image concern were selected and randomly divided into two groups of 14 subjects, experiments and controls. Examiners of both groups completed hope scale questionnaire (Snyder, Harris, & Anderson, 1991) and achievement motivation questionnaire (Hermans, 1970). Students in the experimental group attended 10 90-minute cognitive-behavioral happiness training (Fordayce, 1983). The subjects in the control group were not given any training. After conducting the trainings, the subjects of both groups completed the hope scale and the achievement motivation questionnaires again. For analysis, the statistical analysis method of covariance was used.The results showed that teaching happiness using  cognitive-behavioral method has an effect on improving the level of hope for life and achievement motivation of female students with body image dissatisfaction (p <0.05).

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