Majid Pourfaraj; HALIMEH REZAZADEH
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Considering the importance of happiness and life expectancy as important and even effective psychological components in the process of treating overwhelming cancers, the aim of present research was investigating the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on happiness and hope in cancer patients .The ...
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Considering the importance of happiness and life expectancy as important and even effective psychological components in the process of treating overwhelming cancers, the aim of present research was investigating the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on happiness and hope in cancer patients .The statistical community of research were total cancer patients of Babolsar shahid Rajai hospital who referred it at 2015. Among them 40 people were selected from voluntarily sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control group (20 persons in each groups). Both groups have responded to Oxford happiness questionnaire and Snyder Hope scale at both pre-and post –test stop, and experimental group have received positive psychotherapy. Research data have analyzed by using covariance analysis. Research findings showed that there was group at pre-test step. Regard to research finding, it can be mentioned that positive psychotherapy increase happiness and hope in cancer patients and it can be used as an efficient method.
ezatollah kord mirza nikuzadeh
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A review of recent articles and studies reveals that most of these researches focus on examining the nature and cure of varied disorders. The postmodern movement creates alternative approaches in the field of therapy and education with new directions for help. The paradigm shift from a reductionistic, ...
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A review of recent articles and studies reveals that most of these researches focus on examining the nature and cure of varied disorders. The postmodern movement creates alternative approaches in the field of therapy and education with new directions for help. The paradigm shift from a reductionistic, problem-oriented approach toward nurturing strengths. Resiliency and resilience with aim of explaining personal and interpersonal abilities which can help the individuals to gain solidarity after disintegration, is one of these approaches. The target population consisted of all volunteer addicts in treatment centers of Tehran which were assigned by random cluster sampling into two experimental (Adlerian therapy and positive psychotherapy) and one control group. Each group contained 15 individuals. The result of this research showed that positive psychotherapy and Adlerian group therapy are effective in promotion of resiliency in drug dependents .According to hypotheses of this study, interventions based on positive psychotherapy and Adlerian group therapy promotes their resiliency but there was no sign of positive improvement in control group.
