M.A. Thesis:

Effectiveness of Positive Psychology interventions on the sense of shame and guilt,

This study aimed to determine the Effectiveness of Positive Psychology interventions on the sense of shame and guilt, self Forgiveness and Resilience mothers of children with learning disabilities of Sabzevar. The quasi-experimental research method with a pretest and a posttest and with a control group has been used in this study. The study population consists of all mothers of children with learning disabilities of Sabzevar. To achieve the goals of the study, we selected a total of 34 mothers of children with learning disabilities using the convenience sampling method and selected voluntarily and divided them randomly into two groups, namely the experimental group (n = 17) and the control group (n = 17). Before the intervention, the two groups were given a pre-test. The experimental group received Positive Psychology intervention during eight 90-minute sessions on a weekly basis, while the control group received no intervention. After the end of the program, the two groups were given a post-test. The tools used in the study include the feel shame and guilt scale of Cohen et al (2011) the self Forgiveness scale of Wohl., DeShea & Wahkinney (2008) and the resilience scale of Connor and Davidson (2003). The collected data were then analyzed using descriptive statistics methods (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (analysis of covariance) with the help of SPSS version 23. The results showed that Positive Psychology interventions has a significant effect on the sense of shame and guilt, self Forgiveness and resilience mothers of children with learning disabilities of Sabzevar (p<0/00)

Keywords: feelings of shame and guilt, resilience Forgiveness, positive psychology