Abstract:
Aim: The aim of the present study is to investigate the effectiveness of group training of psychological
capital on happiness due to the moderating effect of social relationships. Methods: Research
method was semi‑experimental with the control group. The sample was vulnerable women in the
city Khomeini Shahr. Among them, 15 women were selected as a control group and 15 women in the
experimental group. The sampling was cluster random. Fifteen sessions of group psychological capital
were conducted for the experimental group. Pretest and posttest was performed by Psychological
Capital Questionnaire 24 questions, statistics of CFI, RMSEA are respectively 0/97 and 0/08, in the
model and also the reliability of the questionnaire obtained 0/85. Oxford happiness, 29 questions,
the correlation between the oral hygiene index with the Beck’s depression inventory and the scale
and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was respectively 48/0, 45/0 and 39/0. Cronbach’s alpha for
the inventory was equal to 0/91 and adult attachment, 18 questions, in Iran using the test‑retest
reliability and the correlation between the two performances show that the test is reliable in the
level of 0/95. The data were analyzed using analysis of covariance. Result: The results showed that
the Group training of psychological capital has a positive impact on happiness and increases happiness
in both groups with high and low social relations. Conclusions: The results showed that increasing
of psychological capital increase happiness and increase the quality of life and reduced social and
psychological injuries.
Machine summary:
Effectiveness of group training of psychological capital on happiness due to the moderating effect of social relationships Address for Correspondence:Dr. Hamid Atashpuor, Department of Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
comABSTRACTAim: The aim of the present study is to investigate the effectiveness of group training of psychological capital on happiness due to the moderating effect of social relationships.
Result: The results showed that the Group training of psychological capital has a positive impact on happiness and increases happiness in both groups with high and low social relations.
Key words: Group training, psychological capital, social relations, stress, women Introduction Psychological capital is comprised of four components: Perceptual‑cognitive of hope, optimism, self‑efficacy, and resiliency that in an interconnected system strengthening each other and retrofitting each individual against stressful situations.
[2] Psychological capital is belief in one’s abilities to succeed to perform certain functions, documents the success of your success, perseverance in pursuing goals, follow‑up necessary to achieve, success and tolerance problems and return to normal levels and enhance performance in achieving success[3] and is formed of four components: Hope, self‑efficacy, optimism and resiliency.
[11] Note that in this study, investigation of the effectiveness of group training of psychological capital on happiness with regard to the mitigation of social relations, so homogeneity of variance test and analysis of variance was used.
Result Group training of psychological capital due to the moderating effect of social relationships has a significant effect on happiness.
Conclusions The results showed that the psychological capital group training has a significant effect on happiness P < 0/05 but social relationships did not get significantly affected.