Effectiveness of positive thinking skills training on marital intimacy, hope and family social function

This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of positive thinking skills training on marital intimacy, hope and family social function. This was a quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design. The statistical population of research were included all housewife in Tehran in 2016 year that from them 30 person were selected through available sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (each group 15 person). The experimental group trained 8 sessions of 90 minutes by positive thinking skills methods. Groups completed the questionnaires of marital intimacy (Bagarozzi, 2001), hope (Snyder & et al, 1991) and communication and interaction function (Forsyth & et al, 1999) in the pre-test and post-test stages. Data was analyzed with multivariate analysis of covariance method and with using SPSS-21 software. The findings showed there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups. In the other words training of positive thinking skills significantly led to increase marital intimacy, hope and family social function (P<0/01). Therefore, counselors and therapists can use the method of positive thinking skills training to improve the marital intimacy, hope and family social function.