M.A. Thesis:

The Effectiveness of Reality Therapy on Optimism and Life expectancy of Absolute Women in Mashhad City In the year 1397

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of reality therapy on optimism and life expectancy of the divorced women in Mashhad. The present study was semi-experimental and pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of this study was all divorced women in Mashhad who were divorced in the summer of 1397 and in autumn 1397 referred to Hossein ibn Ali's psychological counseling and services center in Mashhad. The sample size was determined based on Cochran formula, the sample size of 30 people, which was selected by simple random sampling method and randomly divided into two experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. Data collection tools optimism Shir and Carver (1985) and a questionnaire for life expectancy Schneider (2000) was used. Data were analyzed by covariance analysis. The results showed that reality therapy has a significant positive effect on optimism and life expectancy of the divorced women in Mashhad.

Keywords: Keywords: Reality therapy, optimism, life expectancy, divorced women.