Effectiveness of Positive Psychology on Lifestyle, Happiness and Psychological Capital Patients in with Type II Diabetes

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 M.A. Clinical Psychology, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

3 Adjunct professor at guilan university. Faculty of Humanities. Education and consulting department.

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of positive psychology training on lifestyle, happiness, and psychological capital of patients with type II diabetes in Semirom County in 2016-2017.
Method: This semi-experimental study was a pre-test-post-test type with a control and experimental group and a follow-up period. The statistical population of the study was people with type 2 diabetes in Semirom County, from whom 30 people were selected through convenient sampling according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and were assigned to two experimental groups (15 people) and control (15 people). Then, the experimental group underwent positive psychology training (Rashid, 2008) for 14 sessions (one 90-minute session per week) and after the end of the intervention sessions, a post-test was taken from both groups (experimental and control). And a month later, the follow-up phase was conducted. In this study, the Lali Lifestyle Questionnaire (2012) (LSQ) was used to assess lifestyle, the Oxford Argyle and Lowe Happiness Questionnaire (1989) (OHQ) was used to assess happiness, and the Luthans Psychological Capital Questionnaire (2007) (PCQ) was used to assess psychological capital. Finally, the repeated measures analysis of variance test and SPSS version 27 software were used to analyze the data.
Results: The results of data analysis using repeated measures analysis of variance showed that positive psychology training had a significant effect on lifestyle (p < 0.01), happiness (p < 0.01), and psychological capital (p < 0.01) in patients with type 2 diabetes. And this result was also stable in the follow-up phase.
Discussion and conclusion: The findings of the present study indicated that positive psychology plays an important and fundamental role in improving the lifestyle, happiness, and psychological capital of patients with type II diabetes. This can be of interest to counselors.

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Clinical Psychology and Personality

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 12 October 2025

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