Community Health Journal

Community Health Journal

The Positive Effects of the Solution-Oriented Group Approach on Happiness among Fatherless Female Adolescents in 2015

Authors
M Adibi 1
Y Gorji 2
1 M SC. of Counseling and Guidance, Dept. of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Khomeini Shahr Breanch, Khomeini Shahr, Iran
2 Assistant Professor of Psychology, Dept. of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Khomeini Shahr Breanch, Khomeini Shahr, Iran.
Abstract
Introduction: Paternal death may have a detrimental effect on the psychological determinants including happiness of people particularly adolescents. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the positive effects of solution-oriented group teaching on happiness in fatherless female adolescents. 

Materials and Methods: This was a semi-experimental study with pretest, posttest and control group design. All fatherless female students living in Isfahan in 2014-15 were included in this study.. In order to select the sample size, 40 students were selected using a convenient and simple sampling method and were then randomly divided into two groups of 20. While the experimental group received the solution-oriented approach as a therapeutic intervention for 8 weekly sessions of ninety-minute, the control group received nothing. Oxford’s happiness questionnaire was used as the research instrument. The collected data were analyzed through ANOVA with repeated measurements via SPSS 19.

Results: The results revealed that solution-oriented group teaching had a positive effective on the happiness of fatherless female adolescents at the posttest and follow-up stages (p<0.001); compared to the control group.  

Conclusion: According to the results of the current study along with other known interventions and also the present standards, solution-oriented teaching method can be employed to increase the fatherless adolescents’ happiness. 
Keywords
Solution-oriented
Happiness
adolescents
Fatherless
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