Effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on subjective well-being in Women with Veteran Spouses

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of psychology, University of Yasouj, Yasouj, Iran

10.22098/jpc.2025.15494.1251

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study was to the investigate effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on subjective well-being in women with veteran spouses. Method: The method of this study was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design along with a control and experimental group. The statistical population of the research includes all women with veteran spouses Noorabad Mamasani city (Fars Province) in year of 2023. Using convenience sampling, 30 women with veteran spouses participated in this study and were randomly assigned to the control group (n=15), and experimental group (n=15). Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) were used to collect data. The experimental group received 10 sessions positive psychotherapy training (PPT) and untreated groups underwent no interventions, respectively. Data were analyzed using a multivariate analysis of covariance. Finding: the findings showed positive professionals and counselors’ special attention to intervention based on positive psychotherapy for women with veteran spouses. Psychotherapy training (PPT) effects subjective well-being (p˂0.05). Conclusion: It can be concluded that positive psychotherapy training (PPT) can be considered as a method to improve the subjective well-being in women with veteran spouses. The findings of this study have potentially important implication for

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