The Effectiveness of Psychological Capital and Meta-Cognitive Beliefs Training on Psychological Well-Being

The purpose of the present study was to investigating the effectiveness of psychological capital training and metacognitive beliefs on psychological well-being. The research method was quasi-experimental with post-test design with two experimental groups and one control group. Participants in the study were 60 married rural women in Dehaghan who were randomly assigned to the psychological capital training group and 20 to the metacognitive beliefs training group. At the end, all three groups completed the questionnaire psychological well-being (Ryf, 1989). The validity and reliability of research tool for use in Iranian culture have been satisfactory. Data were analyzed by SPSS-23 software. The results of one-variable analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that both psychological capital training and metacognitive training had a significant effect on the psychological well-being. The results also showed that there was no significant difference between psychological capital training and metacognitive training in terms of psychological well-being. Thus, according to the research findings, it can be concluded that the training of psychological capital and the metacognitive beliefs have had an effect on the psychological well-being.