The effectiveness of positive psychology on isolation in pessimistic primary school teachers of Namin city

Zahra khademi Astaneh¹ Hossein Ghamari Qivi² Zahra Akhavi Somarein³

1) Mohaghegh Ardabili University of Counseling and
2) Mohaghegh Ardabili University of Counseling and
3) Mohaghegh Ardabili University of Counseling and

IOI Code : XEFZ-HCFZZ
Publication : The Second National Conference on Psychotherapy in Iran(incpuma2.ir)
Abstract :
    The aim of the current research was to investigate the effectiveness of positive psychology on isolation in pessimistic primary school teachers of Nemin city. The research was quantitative in nature, applied in purpose, and semi-experimental in nature. The statistical population of the research, all working male and female primary school teachers in Namin city had the characteristics of isolation due to pessimism. The sample size was randomly selected according to the researcher s occupation. The statistical sample size was 150 working primary school teachers in Namin city. 75 men and 75 women were included, out of which only 44 people had pessimistic characteristics, and based on Cohen s table, 34 people were randomly selected as control and experimental groups, of which 17 people were a mix of men and women in the experimental group. And 17 other mixed people were included in the control group. The experimental group received 8 sessions of positive psychology training for 1 hour per week, and the control group did not receive any intervention. After 8 sessions, the components of the paranoia questionnaire were used as pre-test and post-test. . In the descriptive part, the data analysis focused on the central and dispersion indicators, and in the inferential part, the parametric Kolmogrove Smirnov tests and the univariate covariance test were used. The data were analyzed using SPSS software. Therefore, there is a significant relationship between positive psychology and the reduction of isolation in pessimistic people (P<0.5). So, finally, it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between positive psychology and the training of its best model, i.e., self-actualization training in reducing the isolation of pessimistic people, so it is possible to use positive psychology training in reducing the isolation caused by pessimism and other problems. Due to skepticism, it was used by counselors in counseling clinics.

Keywords : positive psychology isolation pessimistic primary teachers