The Effectiveness of Positive Psychological Interventions on posttraumatic Growth and Psychological Distress of recovered from Covid 19

The World Health Emergency, following Quid 19, has had a number of impacts on communities. The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of positive psychological interventions on post-traumatic growth and psychological distress. The study design was a quasi-experimental type of pre-test-post-test with a control and follow-up group for 2 months. The statistical population of the study includes patients aged 25 to 55 years in Tehran who had 4 to 8 weeks of discharge and had symptoms of depression, anxiety and moderate stress (based on DASS-21 scores). By purposive sampling method, 30 people were selected and randomly assigned to two groups of experimental (15 people) and control (15 people). The experimental group received 8 sessions of 60 minutes of positive psychological interventions (individual and online). The research tools were Teschchi and Calhoun posttraumatic Growth Inventory (1996) and DASS_21 Psychological Distress. The results of data analysis through MANCOVA method showed that positive psychological interventions are effective in increasing posttraumatic Growth and reducing psychological distress and there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups (P <0.001). Positive interventions are effective in increasing all components of posttraumatic Growth and reducing psychological distress after illness and the use of this model can be useful in psychological rehabilitation of the recovered