The Effectiveness of Positive Thinking Skills Training on the Positive and Negative Affection and Perfectionism of High School Students in Fereydunkenar City

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Leila Babaei ¹ , Rajab Ali Mohammadzadeh ²

1 - MA Candidate, Department of Psychology, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Group, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2019-03-12 Accepted : 2019-03-12 Published : 2019-03-01

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