An Islamic Approach to the Effectiveness of Cognitive Training on Student's Life Satisfaction

The present study is concerned with the effectiveness of cognitive training with anIslamic approach on student's life satisfaction through the following two hypotheses: cognitive training on student's life satisfaction through an Islamic approach at the post test and follow up stages. The instrument of this study was the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS; Diener et al., 1985) which its validity was examined (by Bayani et al., 2007) through measuring Cronbach's alpha. The research method used in this study was experimental design of pre-test, post-test, follow up and control group. The study's statistical population was defined as all students who have visited the Counseling Center of Isfahan University during the 2009-2010 academic year. Among them 30 were selected by simple random sampling and were divided into two 15-person groups of control and experiment by simple random sampling too. Since 3 persons of experiment group were not present, therefore 3 persons of control group were omitted. The Cognitive Training with an Islamic Approach Course was held in nine 45-minute sessions, two sessions per week. In order to analyze the statistical data, the covariance analysis method was used. In this study, the significance level is p<0.05. The results show that The Cognitive Training with an Islamic Approach Course enhances satisfaction with life among those students who have referred to the Counseling Center of University at the post-test and follow up stages.