The Efficacy of Positive Thinking Training on Iranian Family Process and Mental Well-Being in Female Heads of Households

Subject Areas : Psychology

Marzieh Mashalpourfard ¹ , Nazanin Jabarzadeh ²

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - M.A., Department of General Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2023-09-16 Accepted : 2023-10-09 Published : 2023-12-22

Keywords: mental well-being, Iranian family process, positive thinking training,

Abstract :

The research was intended to examine The efficacy of positive thinking training on Iranian family process and mental well-being in female heads of households in Khoramshahr. The research population embraced all the female heads of households in Khoramshahr on 1401. The sample encased 30 of female heads of households whom were selected via purposive sampling procedure and randomly assigned in two experimental and control groups, 15 participants each. The research was designed as pretest posttest experimental one with two experimental and control groups. To collect data Family Process for the Iranian Families Scale (Samani, 2008) and The Well-being Scale (Ryff, 1989) were implemented. The experimental group exposed to positive thinking training intervention for 8 sessions with 90 minutes’ duration each. The control group received none. Then both groups were post tested. The data were analyzed by applying multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results revealed that both groups differed significantly in family process (p<0.05, F=11.90). The results also indicated that there was a significant difference between experimental and control groups in mental well-being (p<0.05, F=13.85). It could be concluded that positive thinking training was effective on Iranian family process and mental well-being in female heads of households in Khoramshahr and it should be utilized to promote Iranian family process and mental well-being and consequently for cultural, social and economic development of the family and the society.

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