A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Yoga-Based Intervention and Positive-Oriented Intervention on Happiness of Pregnant Women with Recurrent Abortion

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1 Ph.D. Student in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

3 Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medical, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: One of the challenges faced by women who experience recurrent abortion is a decrease decline happiness. There Various methods methods aim increase enhance happiness well-being these women, including yoga-based intervention interventions positive-oriented intervention. interventions. purpose of this study was to to conduct a study analysis the effectiveness of yoga-based intervention interventions positive-oriented intervention interventions on the of pregnant women with who have experienced.
Method: This semi-experimental study employed a pretest-posttest design with a control group and a follow-up period of two months. The statistical population consisted of all pregnant women experiencing recurrent abortion, abortion who visited centers of in city in during winter of 2023. In the first initial phase, women with experience of more than 2 recurrent abortion were selected and then randomly into assigned to two (15 women in each group) and a control one (15 women) were women). The underwent yoga-based participated in a (10 sessions of 90 minutes) and minutes each) and a (14 sessions of 90 minutes), but minutes each), while group received no training and remained in the waiting list. Data were collected using the questionnaire Happiness Questionnaire Hills developed by Argyle. Data analysis was performed using conducted software with software, employing variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni correction.
Results: The results of the study indicated that both interventions had a significant effect on happiness (P < 0.05). Additionally, the results of Bonferroni post hoc test revealed that the positive-oriented intervention had a greater impact on reducing unhappiness compared to the yoga-based intervention (P < 0.05).
Discussion and conclusion: It can be concluded that, in addition to the effectiveness of both treatments, prioritizing positive-oriented interventions is essential for improving the happiness of women who have experienced recurrent  abortions.

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