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Effect of Positive Psychology Interventions on Psychological Flourishing, Optimism, and Hope among Depressive Patients

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Background: Positive Psychology (PP) has been found in numerous studies to improve symptoms of depressive disorders in patients when provided as part of therapy. Aim of the study: to evaluate the effect of positive psychology interventions on psychological flourishing, optimism, and hope among depressive patients. Research Design: A quasi experimental design was carried out. Subjects: A purposive sample of 50 patients with depression was recruited in the pre-test as well as the same sample in the post-test. Setting: This study was conducted at the El Azazi Mental Health Hospital in Abo Hamad City, El Sharkia, Egypt. Tools of data collection: Five tools were employed in this study: Demographic sheet, Beck Depression Inventory-II Scale, Short Flourishing scale, Life Orientation Test-Revised (Optimism), and Adult Hope Scale Results: The study revealed that the proportions of studied patients' moderate and severe levels of depression decreased after the intervention, and there were highly statistically significant improvements in the post-intervention mean score of depression, psychological flourishing, optimism, and hope. There was a positive correlation that was statistically significant between patients' scores of hope and flourishing at pre-intervention. Moreover, psychological flourishing was highly positively statistically correlated with optimism, whereas, optimism was highly negatively statistically correlated with depression after intervention. Conclusion: The positive psychology intervention was successful in improving depressive symptoms, psychological flourishing, optimism, and hope among depressive patients. Recommendations: It is recommended future study must involve larger numbers of participants from varied populations, and broad examinations to follow up are required.

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10.21608/asnj.2024.322074.1912

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Positive Psychology Interventions, Psychological Flourishing, optimism, Hope & Depression

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Hayam

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Shehata

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Shaban Elsayed

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Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt

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drhayam.psych@yahoo.com

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Nesma

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Farag

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Ahmed Kamel

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Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

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nesma_mohamed97@mans.edu.eg

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Bothina

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Mohamed

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Elsayed Said

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt

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rb2102008@yahoo.com

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12

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46

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48835

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2024-09-01

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2024-09-18

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2024-09-01

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280

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292

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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Effect of Positive Psychology Interventions on Psychological Flourishing, Optimism, and Hope among Depressive Patients

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24 Dec 2024