The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapyon Self-Efficacy, Resilience, Psychological Wellbeing and Sens of Coherence of Nurses in Social Security Hospitals

positive psychology is a scientific approach with a focus on strengths instead of weaknesses, building the good in life instead of repairing the bad. Therefore, the present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy. Orientation on sense of coherence, self-efficacy, psychological well-being and resilience was performed in nurses.

This study was an experimental study with pre-test-post-test design with control and follow-up group. 30 Nurses were selected through convenient sampling. Subsequently, the participants were randomly divided into two groups of 15 people. The experimental group received positive psychology training whereas the control group did not receive any treatment. Both groups were evaluated before and after the intervention and in the follow-up stage through Antonsky Coherence Questionnaire, Connor and Davidson Resilience Scale, Reef Psychological Welfare Questionnaire and General Self-Efficacy Scale.The Data were analyzed using repeated measure (ANOVA).

The results of analysis showed that positive psychology training led to a significant increase in resilience, psychological well-being and sense of coherence in nurses. The results of follow-up test also showed that this method has enough stability and sustainability. However, no significant difference was observed between the intervention and control groups regarding self-efficacy.

According to the findings of this study, positive psychology interventions can be used to promote sense of coherence, psychological well-being and resilience in nurses.