Winter 2018, 3(4), 377-392 Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness and positive psychotherapy on psychological capital in students

In recent years, with the advent of a new approach called "positive psychology", the emphasis is on competency and the definition of concepts that help ensure the health and happiness of people and their enjoyment of a healthy life. The aim of this study was to compare and compare cognitive therapy based on mindfulness and positive psychotherapy on the psychological capital of female students with group performance. In this study, quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test methods with control group were used. Thirty students were selected from these students by voluntary sampling method and were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was trained in eight sessions of two hours, one session per week as a group with cognitive therapy based on mindfulness and positive psychotherapy. Finally, considering the drop in participants, the number of subjects was reduced to 10. Subjects in both groups completed the Lutans Psychological Capital Questionnaire twice before the test and after participating in group sessions. Findings showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and positive psychotherapy, increase psychological capital and its components (hope, self-efficacy, optimism and resilience). Due to the effectiveness of these two treatments, their use is recommended.