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The Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Self-Esteem, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Social Skills and Self-Efficacy of Working Child Mothers


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This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of hope therapy training in increasing self-esteem, mental health, self-efficacy, quality of life and social skills in the mother of work children. The method is trial and the present study is a pre-test and post-test study with a control group in Shahrekord in 2016 that were almost 240 and 60 people was selected as the sample size. Due to the limited population and the trial nature of the study, subjects were selected by simple random sampling of the population. The data collected through a questionnaire and for data analysis, covariance analysis homogeneity of variances and to test statistically significant differences between averages of two groups (experimental & control) in post-test, statistical method of multivariate covariance analysis (MANCOVA), was used. The results of the study showed that hope therapy increases life expectancy and reduce depression. Hope is positively correlated with a sense of self-value and self-esteem the more hope, the more self -esteem, too. Hope therapy, due to the its nature, can be very effective in improving the quality of life of mothers of work children .Hope therapy process can be effective in decreasing depression and increasing of mental health. Hope therapy leads to increased mental health, self-efficacy, quality of life, self-esteem and social skills of work children mothers and has the most effect on mental health and then their quality of life.

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Hope Therapy, Self-Esteem, Mental Health, Quality of Life.
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Authors

Fatemeh Farej
Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Ali Mohammad Rezaee
Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of hope therapy training in increasing self-esteem, mental health, self-efficacy, quality of life and social skills in the mother of work children. The method is trial and the present study is a pre-test and post-test study with a control group in Shahrekord in 2016 that were almost 240 and 60 people was selected as the sample size. Due to the limited population and the trial nature of the study, subjects were selected by simple random sampling of the population. The data collected through a questionnaire and for data analysis, covariance analysis homogeneity of variances and to test statistically significant differences between averages of two groups (experimental & control) in post-test, statistical method of multivariate covariance analysis (MANCOVA), was used. The results of the study showed that hope therapy increases life expectancy and reduce depression. Hope is positively correlated with a sense of self-value and self-esteem the more hope, the more self -esteem, too. Hope therapy, due to the its nature, can be very effective in improving the quality of life of mothers of work children .Hope therapy process can be effective in decreasing depression and increasing of mental health. Hope therapy leads to increased mental health, self-efficacy, quality of life, self-esteem and social skills of work children mothers and has the most effect on mental health and then their quality of life.

Keywords


Hope Therapy, Self-Esteem, Mental Health, Quality of Life.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2018%2Fv9i4%2F181019