The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Depression Symptoms and Subjective Well - Being of Prisoners
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on depression symptoms and subjective well - being of prisoners. The research design was quasi-experimental with non-equivalent groups design with pretest and post-test. 71 prisoners from Bandar - abas prison were selec...
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| description | The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on depression symptoms and subjective well - being of prisoners. The research design was quasi-experimental with non-equivalent groups design with pretest and post-test. 71 prisoners from Bandar - abas prison were selected through purposeful sampling and assigned to an experimental and a control group. For gathering data, Beck Depression short Inventory (BDI-S) and Subjective Well-Being scale was used. The experimental group received positive psychotherapy for eight sessions each one lasting 90 minutes. The results of Covariance analysis showed that positive psychotherapy increased the subjective well- being and decrease depression symptoms of prisoners. The results of this research also showed that positive psychotherapy could be used as an efficient technique to increase the subjective well-being of prisoners. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ad1ec2c64f04ba784424b49522657e32022-12-22T01:36:48ZfasUniversity of Isfahanپژوهشنامه روانشناسی مثبت2476-42482476-37052016-01-0114677621050The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Depression Symptoms and Subjective Well - Being of Prisonersjalil aslani0H Ahmaddost1Mahmod Bahmani2Ph. D. of Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iranکارشناس ارشد مشاوره خانواده، دانشکده روانشناسی و علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی، تهرانM. A. of Family Counseling, Department of counseling, Faculty of Humanities Science, University of Hormozgan, Bandarabas, IranThe aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on depression symptoms and subjective well - being of prisoners. The research design was quasi-experimental with non-equivalent groups design with pretest and post-test. 71 prisoners from Bandar - abas prison were selected through purposeful sampling and assigned to an experimental and a control group. For gathering data, Beck Depression short Inventory (BDI-S) and Subjective Well-Being scale was used. The experimental group received positive psychotherapy for eight sessions each one lasting 90 minutes. The results of Covariance analysis showed that positive psychotherapy increased the subjective well- being and decrease depression symptoms of prisoners. The results of this research also showed that positive psychotherapy could be used as an efficient technique to increase the subjective well-being of prisoners.http://ppls.ui.ac.ir/article_21050_2eb908e5c45ad0463e2e650e3a39fd69.pdfPositive Psychotherapydepression symptomssubjective well –being |
| spellingShingle | jalil aslani H Ahmaddost Mahmod Bahmani The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Depression Symptoms and Subjective Well - Being of Prisoners پژوهشنامه روانشناسی مثبت Positive Psychotherapy depression symptoms subjective well –being |
| title | The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Depression Symptoms and Subjective Well - Being of Prisoners |
| title_full | The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Depression Symptoms and Subjective Well - Being of Prisoners |
| title_fullStr | The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Depression Symptoms and Subjective Well - Being of Prisoners |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Depression Symptoms and Subjective Well - Being of Prisoners |
| title_short | The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Depression Symptoms and Subjective Well - Being of Prisoners |
| title_sort | effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on depression symptoms and subjective well being of prisoners |
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