The effectiveness of group training based on hope therapy approach on promoting hope and subjective well-being in students

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group training based on Hope therapy on hope and subjective well-being in Students. This study enjoined an experimental design femalewhich used pretest-posttest plan with a control group. The subjects included 30 high school students in khorramabad city. At first, the tests of Snyder Hope and Riff Subjective Well-being were administrated to 170 students. Then 30 students who got the lowest scores in these tests were selected. These students were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n=15) and a control group (n=15). The experimental group received hope therapy for eight 90-minute sessions that each (one session each week). Upon the completion of the training, hope and subjective well-being questionnaires were administrated as a post-test to both groups. Findings showed there was a significant difference between post-test scores of both experimental and control groups (P<0/01) and hope therapy had increased the hope and subjective well-being in the experimental group. Group hope therapy also increases hope and subjective well-being in Students. So, increasing the quality of life, giving educational services, and hope promoting programs are needed and should be accomplished by suitable methods, for instance, PBL or by Students’ active participation in programmed process.