The Impact of Positive Thinking Skills Training on the Hope and Resilience of Female Primary School Teachers in Ramhormoz

Abstract

Background: This study aims to investigate the impact of positive thinking training on the resilience and life expectancy of female primary school teachers in Ramhormoz city during the academic year 2019 - 2020. Methods: In this study, 40 teachers were selected through simple random sampling from the mentioned community. A before-and-after study design with a control group was used. The study employed the Connor and Davidson (2003) Resilience Questionnaire and the Miller (1988) Hope Measuring Questionnaire. The intervention group (n = 20) and the control group (n = 20) were randomly assigned. Positive thinking training was conducted in eight 75-minute sessions for the intervention group. Hope and resilience were measured before and after the training using the Miller and Connor and Davidson Questionnaires. Results: According to our analysis, the P-value for hope is 0.095 and the P-value for resilience is 0.078. At the 5% level of significance, there is no statistically significant difference between before and after training in teachers' hope and resilience. The coefficient of determination shows that the variance of the independent variable accounts for 94% of the variance in the dependent variable. Conclusions: Positive thinking training did have positive effects on teachers' resilience and hope, but these effects were not statistically significant.