Majid Pourfaraj; HALIMEH REZAZADEH
Abstract
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.
