M.A. Thesis:

The Effect of Positive Thinking Teaching with a Religious Approach on Happiness٫ Optimism and Hope in Staff of Vasei Hospital in Sabzevar

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of religious education on the happiness, optimism and hope of staff (nurses) of Vasei Hospital in Sabzevar. The method of this quasi-experimental design was pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population consisted of 597 nurses of the hospitals in Sabzevar, 40 of them were selected by available sampling method. Then, they were randomly assigned to either experimental (20) or control (20) groups. Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (1989), Shiyer and Carver Optimism Questionnaire (1994) and Schneider et al. (1991) were used to collect data. After pre-test, the experimental group received a positive religious reading (Na'imi, 1395) for 10 sessions of 75 minutes (one session per week), but the control group did not receive any training. After completing the intervention program, both groups were subjected to post-test. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (covariance analysis) using SPSS version 18 software. The results showed that positive teaching of religious education is effective on the happiness, optimism and hope of nurses in Sabzevar Vasei Hospital.

Keywords: Positive Thinking, Happiness, Optimism, Hope