A Glance at Positive Thinking and the Way it Affects to Increase the Hope for Life In the Widows living in Ahwaz; with the Emphasis on the Qur anic Teachings

The present study investigates whether teaching positive thinking hasan effect on the increase in hope for life in widows living in Ahwaz. The sample group was a randomly selected group of 50 people who were divided into two groups: an experimental group and a control group. To collect the data, Miller’s hopefulness questionaire was usedwhose coefficient of reliability was measured according to Coronbach α (r =0.91).To analyze the results of the test the researcher used a statistical method called analysis of covariance (of one variable). The significant level α =0.05 was taken into account in order to establish the research hypothesis. Findings of the research show that positivethinking together with what the Qur’an emphasizes on in this regard has brought about an increase in hope for life for the widows living in Ahwaz and the effect of teaching positive thinking, taking into account the results of the follow-up test, was of necessary stability.