The Effectiveness of Fordyce's Happiness Training Method on Mental Well-Being, Resilience and Social Self-Efficacy at the Cultural Background of Martyrs' Wives

Subject Areas : Psychology

Zahra Esteki ¹ , Fatemeh Tabatabaei Nejad ^{2 *}

1 - Ms.c Student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Shahid Shahriari, Naein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naein, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Shahid Shahriari, Naein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naein, Iran

Received: 2024-10-09 Accepted : 2024-12-05 Published : 2025-03-19

Keywords: Fordyce's happiness training, Mental well-being, Resilience, Social self-efficacy,

Abstract :

The aim of this research was to study the effectiveness of Fordyce's happiness training method on mental well-being, resilience and social self-efficacy at the cultural background of martyrs' wives. The statistical population of this research included all the wives of the martyrs of Isfahan city in May 2024. Thirty participants were selected by purposeful sampling procedure and randomly assigned in two experimental and control groups (15 indiviuals in each group). The current research was applied one in terms of purpose and semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design was processed. Connor and Davidson (2003) Resilience Questionnaire, Keyes & Magyarmo (2003) Mental Well-being Scale, and Smith & Betz (2007) Self-efficacy Questionnaire were used to collect data. Fordyce's happiness training sessions were conducted on the experimental group during 10 sessions with 60-minutes duration. The obtained data were analyzed via multivariate and univariate covariance analysis. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the two experimental and control groups (p≤0.05); In other words, teaching happiness in Fordyce's way improved the mental well-being, resilience and social self-efficacy of martyrs' wives. Thus, the dominant culture of the society could also influence the psychological issues of the spouses of the martyrs, in such a way that the emergence and continuation of social phenomena, including martyrdom and being an epitome might depend on it.

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