Compare the effectiveness of laughter therapy and happiness training on strategies to coping with pain in people with tension headaches

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Hosien  Ebrahimi Moghadam ¹ (Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University Rodehen Branch, Rodehen, Iran)
Mitra  Golzari ² (M.A of Psychology, Islamic Azad University Rodehen Branch, Rodehen, Iran)

Received: 2016-03-07 Accepted : 2016-05-02 Published : 2016-05-21

Keywords: tension headaches, laughter therapy, instruction happiness,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of laughter therapy and happiness training on coping strategies the pain in people with tension headaches. The research method was quasi-experimental design with pretest - posttest control group. For this purpose, purposefully choosing a general practitioner clinics and then those who were referred to the clinic with complaints of headache and Tension headache clinical diagnosis by the attending physician were received into the research process And then by the criteria of the International Headache Society (IHS) were  screened , The subjects were randomly assigned to three groups of 15 subjects Placement and coping strategies questionnaire Rosenstein and Kiev (1983) , the three groups in the pre-test and post-test in laughter therapy group and the training group and the control group was happiness. The result of the test using the software SPSS20 and were analyzed by covariance analysisAnd it turns out that laughter therapy and education happiness Significant impact on coping strategies with pain and P < 0/05 shows that Laughter is therapy and happiness training on effective pain coping strategiesBut the ability to control and ability to reduce pain  just Happiness training   affect  and laughter therapy is ineffective.