The Effectiveness of Group Training Based on Positive-Oriented Psychotherapy on the Resiliency and Public Health of the Wives with Addicted Husbands.

Fariba Jafari Roshan¹, Sedighe Ahmadi^*2, Somayeh Eslami³

¹Department of Psychology , Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.

²Department of counseling, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

³Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

Corresponding Author Email: Ahmadi139090@yahoo.com  

Abstract: This research sheds light on the effectiveness of group training based on positive-oriented psychotherapy on the resiliency and public health of the wives with addicted husbands. To select the study sample, among the women whose husbands referred to Iran Zamin clinic for quitting addition, 24 were selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The instrument used in this study is Connor and Davidson Resiliency Scale (2003) and Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The study has a pre-post test design with control group. The results of analysis of covariance showed that group therapy based on positive-oriented psychotherapy increases resiliency and public health of the wives with addicted husbands, and Bonferroni Test indicates the stability of the effect of this kind of training.    

Keywords: Positive Thinking; Resiliency; Public Health; Addiction

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