Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Psychological Toughness, Resilience and Time Perspective in Students with Bereavement Experience

The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on psychological toughness, resilience and time perspective in students with bereavement experience. The current research was applied and carried out with a semi-experimental design. The research community included all students who experienced bereavement at Ilam University in ۲۰۲۲. The sample size of this study was ۳۰ people who were chosen voluntarily and randomly assigned to two groups of ۱۵ people, test and control. The measurement tools of this research were: Ahvaz Hardiness Inventory (AHI), Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (۱۹۹۹), the Connor-Davidson Resilience scale (۲۰۰۳) and positive psychology interventions protocol. After the end of the research, therapeutic intervention was implemented for the subjects of the control group who were willing to receive therapeutic intervention. ANCOVA and MANCOVA were used to collect data at the level of descriptive statistics from mean and standard deviation and at the level of inferential statistics, and the results were analyzed with SPSS_۲۳ software. Positive group therapy caused a significant difference in psychological toughness (in all components) as well as changes in time perspective (in all components) and resilience (in all components) (P<۰.۰۰۱). The obtained results showed that positive group psychotherapy improves psychological toughness, resilience and time perspective in students with bereavement experience.

Keywords:

positive psychotherapy , resilience , time perspective