Abstract:
AbstractBackground: Gratitude is a general state of thankfulness and appreciation. The majority of empirical studies indicate that there is an association between gratitude and a sense of overall well being..Currently, mental health is especially important in some occupations with harsh work conditions which require strong personal and mental capacities. Psychological well-being and happiness is especially important in personnel working in the healthcare sector. This study aimed to assess whether gratitude training affects psychological well-being and happiness in hospital personnel. Method: In this semi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test, 72 personnel working in 5 hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, participated. The participants were randomly divided into intervention and control groups using block randomization. Then, the participants in the intervention group were given 10 group sessions of 90 minutes gratitude training. Ryff’s Scale of Psychological Well Being, Subjective Happiness Scale, Gratitude Questionnaire-6, and a Gratitude training package were used for data collection. Results: The results show that there is no significant difference in the mean scores of psychological well-being, domains of psychological well-being, and happiness between the two groups at baseline, and gratitude training significantly affected all domains of psychological well-being (except for autonomy) and happiness. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that Gratitude training is effective in enhancing psychological well-being and Happiness
Machine summary:
This study aimed to assess whether gratitude training affects psychological well-being and happiness in hospital personnel.
Conclusion: This study demonstrates that Gratitude training is effective in enhancing psychological well-being and Happiness .
Psychological research on happiness has focused on an individual’s long-term emotional state of happiness and the positive evaluation of his life (Oishi Gilbert, 2016).
The construct of gratitude has been used for implying different concepts such as appreciating the help of others, wondering about the miracles of the world, performing related rituals such as praying, permanent focus on positive aspects of life, paying attention to the mortal nature of material blessings, and comparing events with worse ones (Wood, Froh, Geraghty, 2010).
Main purpose of the present study is to answer the question of whether gratitude training affects psychological well-being and happiness in hospital personnel.
970 %%انتهای جدول%%] Table 2: Mean±SD of different domains of psychological well-being (except for autonomy), and subjective happiness, in the control and intervention groups (Post-test, Student’s t test) Variable Psychological Well-being [%%ابتدای جدول%%-being, Positive Relations, Well, , , Autonomy, ofPsychological, , , Environmental Mastery, , , , Personal Growth, Domains, Purpose in Life, , Self-acceptance, , , %%انتهای جدول%%] Subjective Happiness [%%ابتدای جدول%%Group, N, Mean, SD, P value Control, 35, 310.
In addition, the participants in the intervention group obtained significantly higher scores in the domains of, environmental mastery, purpose in Table 3: Survey the regression slope (the interaction between covariant and independent) [%%ابتدای جدول%%Variable, Df, F, P Psychological Well-being, 1, 1.