The Effect of Hardiness Training on Quality of Life of Teacher Training Female Students

Subject Areas : Educational

sara shokohifard ¹ , najmeh hamid ² , mansour soodani ³

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Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2013-08-23

Keywords: psychological hardiness, quality of life, female students,

Abstract :

  The aim of this research was to study the effectiveness of hardiness training on quality of life of Fatima Zahra teachers training female students in Ahwaz. The research design was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest, control group and follow-up test. The population of this study consisted of all Fatima Zahra teachers training female students in Ahwaz. The research sample included 60 students who participated voluntarily and were placed in the experimental and control groups. The instrument was a 26 items Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF, 1994). The experimental group received hardiness training for 9 sessions of 90 minutes each but the control group did not receive any intervention. After completing the training program, the post-test and follow-up test were carried out on both groups one month later. The results multiple covariance analyses revealed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in quality of life and the experimental group means were higher in the post- test and follow-up (P < 0.0001 ). Generally, the hardiness training has increased the quality of life of students in the post-test and follow up.