Effectiveness of Peace Education on increase of Hope and Optimism in middle school students in District 3 of Tehran

Subject Areas : Creativity and innovation from psychological, epistemological, educational and pedagogical

Amirmasoud Rostami ¹ (PhD of general psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Science and research university of Tehran,Tehran,Iran)
Hasan Ahadi ² (Professor, Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran(Corresponding Author))
Khadijeh Abolmaali ³ (Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch Tehran, Iran)
Fariborz Dortaj ⁴ (Professor, Educational Psychology Department, Allame-Tabatabaie University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2021-07-14 Accepted : 2022-04-04 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: "students", "hope", "optimism". "peace education",

Abstract :

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of peace education on increasing optimism and hope in junior high school male students.Methodology: The present study method was performed. is using quasi-experimental method with pretest-posttest design by considering one experimental group and one control group with two-month follow-up. The statistical population of the study included male first-grade high school students in District 3 of Tehran. A total of 60 samples were randomly selected and according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, they were voluntarily assigned into two groups of experimental and control (30 in each group). The data collection tools included Luthans (2007) Psychological Capital Scale. The peace education intervention program was implemented in eight 120-minute successive sessions based on the developed protocol in person After school closure. To analyze the data, the analysis of variance with repeated measures (mixed design) was used. Results : Results revealed that implementation of peace education in comparison with the control group significantly affected the components of hope and optimism in students and the results of multivariate analysis showed that the effectiveness of peace education and the components of hope and optimism at the 0.01 level .Conclusion: Thus, it can be concluded that providing peace education to students leads to sustainable increase in their hope and optimism.

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