The Effectiveness Of Positive Thinking And Praying On Anxiety And Depression among 17-19 Year Olds

Subject Areas : Educational

معصومه Fallahi ¹ (کارشناس ارشد روان‌شناسی صنعتی و سازمانی، عضو باشگاه پژوهشگران جوان و نخبگان واحد مرودشت، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی مرودشت، مرودشت، ایران)
elahe asadi ² (کارشناس ارشد روان‌شناسی تربیتی، دانشگاه آزاد واحد مرودشت، مرودشت، ایران)

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2017-10-17

Keywords: Depression, Anxiety, positive thinking, 17-19 year olds, prayers,

Abstract :

This study examined the effectiveness of positive thinking and prayer on anxiety and depression among 17-19 year olds from families supported by Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation in Shiraz. It was a semi-experimental research using a pretest - posttest method with control group. In so doing, from the population 30 available samples were selected to complete the questionnaires. They were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 each). The experimental group received 8 ninety-minute sessions of positive thinking and prayer education. The instruments were Positive Thinking and Prayer Package (Mohammadi, 2014), Depression Questionnaire (Beck, 1988) and Anxiety Questionnaire (Beck, 1990). The data from the questionnaires were analyzed using ANCOVA. The results showed that positive thinking and prayer education decreased anxiety and depression.

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