The Efficacy of Teaching Program Based on Pro-social Behavior on Happiness in Teachers

Subject Areas : social psychology

hamzeh ahmadian ¹ , Majid Saffarinia ² , sattar saidi ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran
2 - Psychology group, Faculty of Humanities, Payam Noor university,Tehran,Iran
3 - PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran

Received: 2019-10-17 Accepted : 2020-02-09 Published : 2020-01-21

Keywords: Pro-social Behavior, Teaching Program, teachers, happiness,

Abstract :

the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of teaching program based on pro-social behavior on happiness in teachers. The research design was a quasi-experimental and a pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of teachers working in the schools of Sanandaj in 2017, 32 people of whom were selected for specific purpose, and were randomly assigned to experimental and control. The experimental group was based on a curriculum Participated in pro-social behavior in 10 sessions. Both groups completed the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire before and after the intervention. The data were analyzed by SPSS-22 software with covariance (MANCOVA). The results showed that the mean happiness scores of teachers after intervention in post-test was increased in the experimental group (37.12 ± 4.85) compared to the control group (31.31 ± 3.43) and this increase was statistically significant (P