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Gratitude is a contruct that attracts much attention in recent decades. Also gratitude used to correlational, comparative and interventional studies. This study is examination of effect of training strategies for gratitude increase (based on the Emmons & Seligman pattern) on the expansion of positive affectivity, happiness and optimism. Subjects were 91 student of three Iranian University in Iran, they were selected by cluster sampling and complete satisfaction form for this study. Then, 72 subject's remaind until the end of interventions. Finally, they were assigned into to 4 groups (Emmons, Seligman, Verbal-Action & Control) randomly. They completed PANAS Scale and Axford Questionnaire. The results showed significant increase in positive affects by Emmons, Seligman and V-A interventions, and increase in happiness by Seligman and V-A interventions. The results also indicated that three training strategies for gratitude increase positive affectivity and happiness.
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