فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND : Cancer is one of the major health problems across the world that poses a greatthreat to human health and active life in all age groups, causing numerous personal, familial, andsocial damages in physical, mental and spiritual dimensions. The aim of the present study wasto investigate the effect of positive psychotherapy on happiness, character strengths, pleasure,commitment, and semantic measures in the lives of people with cancer.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Within the framework of a quasi‑experimental design, 58 patientssuffering from cancer meeting the inclusion criteria (disease history and married) were selected viapurposeful sampling method. However, only 30 of the patients met the required criteria to participatein all psychotherapy sessions. The participants were then randomly assigned to two interventionand control groups (15 participants per group). The intervention group received eight 120‑minsessions of positive psychotherapy on a weekly basis while the control group was put on the waitinglist. Data collection tools included the Oxford Happiness‑Depression Questionnaire and Values inAction‑Inventory of Strengths. The participants completed the questionnaires before and after theintervention. Data analysis was conducted by analysis of covariance.RESULTS: The results of covariance analysis suggested that the use of positive psychotherapy hasbeen effective on increasing happiness (F = 0.129, P = 0.005), increasing character strength (F = 27.55,P = 0.001), increasing the semantic measures (F = 15.23, P = 0.002), increasing pleasure (F = 8.51,P = 0.005), and commitment (F = 64.19, P = 0.001) among patients with cancer.CONCLUSIONS: The results of the present study indicated that positive psychotherapy has beeneffective on happiness, strengths, pleasure, commitment, and semantic measures of the life amongpeople with cancer. Positive psychotherapy can be used to minimize the effects of cancer on patients.