Ali Farnam; Mohammad Hamidi
Abstract
The purpose of present study was to examine the effectiveness of positivism training on hope enhancement with regard to holly Qur’an and Islamic trainings among Sistan and Baluchestan education and training organization employees. The population of this research consisted of 300 employees that ...
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The purpose of present study was to examine the effectiveness of positivism training on hope enhancement with regard to holly Qur’an and Islamic trainings among Sistan and Baluchestan education and training organization employees. The population of this research consisted of 300 employees that 50 of them were selected randomly as sample and were placed into two groups (25 employees for experimental group and 25 employees for control group). The research method was semi-experimental. The experimental group received 8 weekly 90-minute sessions of positivism training emphasizing holly Qur’an and Islamic issues and the control group did not receive any treatment. All subjects were assessed by Snyder’s hope (2002) questionnaire; before treatment and 2-month follow up stage. Data were analyzed with multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results showed that experimental group had enhancement in hope, in both post-test and follow up.
