A Study into the Efficiency of Patience Training in Psychological Hardiness

The current paper is an experimental study that has the form of pre-test _ post-test. The purpose of this research is analyzing the efficiency of patience training on psychological hardiness. The statistical population consists of the entire female students in Isfahan high schools for the academic year 1392-1393. A sample including 30 students has been chosen through the method of multistage random cluster sampling. They were randomly placed in two groups: experimental and control. Patience training as a participation was conducted during 11 sessions in the experimental group, while the control group received no participation. The measurement tool of this study includes Hossein Sabet`s (Patience) scale and Kobasa`s (Hardiness) questionnaire. The research data have been analyzed through covariance statistical method by SPSS. The research results show that group patience training is significantly (P