The Effectiveness of Optimism Training on the Social Happiness and Anxiety, with an Emphasis on the Quran, in Ahvaz High School Female Students

The effectiveness of optimism training, with  an emphasis on  the Quran, on the social happiness and anxiety of the high school female students has studied in this research. The semi-experimental research design, of the pretest-posttest type and track down with the group, was the research control. Using random clustering method, twenty six students selected and assigned randomly into two groups of test (13 people) and a control group (13 people) Interfering was done for the test group for ten sessions. The positive psychotherapy questionnaire, to measure happiness (Rashid), and social anxiety questionnaire (Watson & Freund) was performed in pre-test and post-test sessions in two groups. Findings show that, optimism, with an emphasis on the Quran, increased the happiness and decreased the social anxiety of female students in the experimental group in compare with the control group (p <0/001), which was stable due to the result of the follow-up test. Therefore, the optimism training, with an emphasis on the Quran, can be used to increase happiness and reduce social anxiety.