The Effectiveness of Happiness Training on Life Satisfaction and Aarital Adjustment of Depressed Women

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of happiness education on life satisfaction and marital adjustment of depressed women in Tehran. This is a semi-experimental research with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this research was all depressed women who referred to psychological centers, 30 of them were selected using purposeful sampling and were randomly divided into two groups of 15 people, experimental and control. The groups were evaluated at the beginning and end of the study in terms of life satisfaction and marital compatibility. For this purpose, before and after the intervention (8 two-hour sessions), they also answered the life satisfaction questionnaire (Diener et al., 1985) and marital adjustment (Spanier, 1976) and at one stage the depression questionnaire (Beck, 1979). The results of covariance analysis show an increase in overall life satisfaction in the post-test stage. Also, the results showed that happiness training increased marital adjustment in depressed women. The findings of this research show that the effectiveness of happiness training increases life satisfaction and marital adjustment of depressed women.