The Effectiveness of Positive Psychology on Emotional Confusion and Reducing Work-Family Conflict in Teachers

Background: The aim of the current research is the effectiveness of positive psychology on emotional confusion and reducing work-family conflict in teachers. Methods: The present research method is a semi-experimental type of pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population includes working teachers who refer to counseling centers in Isfahan city, based on their acceptance to participate in the research, ۳۰ of them were selected using the available method and randomly assigned to two groups (۱۵ people in the experimental group and ۱۵ people in the control group). To collect information, Rastegar Khalid's work-family conflict scale questionnaire and researcher-made questionnaire derived from the public health questionnaire were used. Positive psychology was implemented by the researcher during ۸ sessions for ۴ weeks and every week in two ۶۰-minute sessions for the experimental group. During this period, the control group did not receive any intervention. After the sessions, the questions of the questionnaires were read again for the subjects as a post-test, the raw scores were calculated and recorded, and at the end, the results of the tests were calculated using SPSS software. Results: The results of the research indicate that positive psychology has an effect on the amount of work-family conflict and reduces it significantly. Also, positive psychology affects the level of emotional confusion and reduces it significantly. Conclusion: Positive psychology causes teachers to become more aware of their behaviors, thoughts and problems, and to organize and manage their thoughts and abilities, they pay attention to targeted programs based on cognition and thinking, as well as directing their behavior.

Keywords:

Positive Psychology , Emotional Confusion , Work-Family Conflict , Positive Thinking