A Survey of Happiness Education Effective in Fordyce Method on Increasing of Happiness of Diabetic Patients in Behbahan City

The aim of this research is determination of effects of happiness training on the increase in the happiness of diabetic patients. Therefore as a semi experimental plan 40 subject diabetic patients who approached to the center for diabetic consulting in Behbahan city were chosen randomly. They were divided into two random groups of experimental and control. And then the test group was thought happiness training for 10 sessions (one 90 min session in each week) with the method of Fordyce. Pre test and post test were conducted for both groups. Pre test and post test in this project was Oxford Happiness Inventory with marks for blood sugar patients. The results show that happiness training is effective on increase in happiness (p<0.01).