The purpose of this study
was to determine the effect of subjective well-being group training on mental health of students of Islamic Azad University Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch. The method of this study
was quasi-experimental with pre- and post-test, including one ex
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The purpose of this study
was to determine the effect of subjective well-being group training on mental health of students of Islamic Azad University Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch. The method of this study
was quasi-experimental with pre- and post-test, including one experimental and
one control group. The statistical
population of this study was students of the
University in Fall of 2012 (1391s.c.), from among them in which 40 subjects
were selected by available sampling method
and assigned randomly to the two groups-control and experimental- each one including 20 subjects. The Symptom Check
List (SCL-90-R Derogatis et al., 1973) was used to gather the data. The experimental group received subjective
well-being training in 10 sessions (in 5 weeks,
2 sessions per week, each session 90 minutes). The results of
multivariable analysis of covariance showed
that, except depression, there were significant differences in all other
sub-scales of SCL-90-R (Somatization,
Obsessive-Compulsive, Interpersonal Sensitivity,
Anxiety, Hostility, Phobic Anxiety, Paranoid Ideation, Psychoticism, Global
Severity Index ,Positive Symptom Distress Index, Positive Symptom Total )
between the two groups. means of the training group were higher than those of
the control group (P < 0.01). These results
suggest that training of subjective well-being can be beneficial for students' mental health.
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