The effectiveness of group hope therapy based on Snyder's theory on quality of life in men with physical-motor disabilities

Various research have shown the significant effect hope therapy have meaningful effects  in improving quality of life such as hope and psychological well-being,  self-esteem and  reducing stress, anxiety and depression among people but could this therapy be also effective among the man who have physical-motor disabilities? Disabilities in general and physical-motor disabilities in particular lead to mental stress in disabled individuals. Therefore, the question of this study is that whether hope therapy can improve the quality of life in these individuals.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group hope therapy based on the quality of life in men with physical-motor disabilities.

This research was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population consisted of all men with physical-motor disabilities covered by the Welfare Organization of the city of Kamyaran in 2015-2016. Among them, 30 individuals were recruited by using convenience sampling and assigned randomly into two experimental (n=15) and control groups (n=15). The experimental group received 8 sessions of group hope therapy (Snyder, 2000). To collect data, the World Health Organization quality of life instrument-short form (1991) was used. The data were analyzed using the analysis of covariance.

Group hope therapy had a significant effect on the quality of life of men with physical-motor disabilities (p<0/001).

It can be concluded that therapeutic interventions such as group hope therapy can be effective to increase the quality of life in disabled people.