The effectiveness of flourishing education on stress tolerance and vitality on male primary school teachers of Gonbad Kavus city

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1 Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Unit, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Department of Medicine, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of flourishing education on stress tolerance and vitality in male primary school teachers in the military settlements of Gonbad Kavus. The method of this research was a semi-experimental type of pre-test and post-test with a control group. The statistical population of the research was all the male primary school teachers of the military settlements of Gonbad Kavus city, which made up the sample size of 40 people, who were assigned to two experimental and control groups by simple random sampling method. For the experimental group, flowering technique training was implemented in 8 sessions, but the control group did not receive any type of training. The data was analyzed by ANOVA univariate analysis of covariance test. The findings showed that by removing the effect of pre-test distress tolerance scores as a covariate variable, the main effect of the independent variable on the post-test distress tolerance scores is significant. Also, one-way covariance showed that by removing the effect of pre-test vitality scores as covariance variable, the main effect of the independent variable on post-test vitality scores is significant. The results showed that flourishing training is effective in improving stress tolerance and vitality in male primary school teachers. Therefore, flourishing education can be used along with other existing therapeutic approaches as a suitable option to increase distress tolerance and vitality in male primary school teachers and as a result increase their mental health.

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  • Receive Date: 16 October 2023
  • Revise Date: 08 November 2023
  • Accept Date: 29 November 2023

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