The effect of positive thinking training on resilience skills and life satisfaction among 60-70 year-old adults

Investigating the Effect of Positive Thinking Skills Training on Resilience and Life Satisfaction in the Elderly

90 people aged 60-70 years old, who are supported by the senior centers in Shiraz and are interested in participating in the study, will be randomly selected. A sample of 45 people will be included in the experimental and the control groups using stratified random sampling.

Research setting: Adult Daycare Center in Shiraz. There are two major centers in Shiraz: Farzanegan and Farahikhtegan Alavi Foundations. Research population: Elderly men and women aged 60-70 years covered by the Farzanegan and Farhikhtegan Alavi Foundation. 90 people aged 60-70 years old, who are supported by the senior centers in Shiraz and are interested in participating in the study, will be randomly selected. A sample of 45 people will be included in the experimental and the control groups using stratified random sampling.

Inclusion Criteria: -The person's willingness to participate in the study -Being between 60 to 70 years of age -Having no psychological disorders such as major depression based on the elderly's self-report -Having good cognitive status based on MMSE Examination -Having the ability to read and write (a simple text of the third grade will be provided to them and their ability will be assessed) -Having no disability which prevents their attendance in the classes Exclusion Criteria: -Being absent for more than two educational sessions -No attending data collection sessions (per-test or post-test) -Withdrawal from the study due to a problem or a disease which requires constant care and prevents their attendance

Sampling in each center will be done through systematic random sampling. The lists of covered elderly men and women will be used as the sampling framework. Given the roughly equal proportions of the genders, the sampling distance is calculated, and by random selection of numbers between 1 and 10, the sampling will be done according to the lists. The selected people will be checked in for entry conditions and will be selected after if they are eligible, and if not, the next person will be selected. Random sampling will be done at the center in order to assign the participants to the experimental and the control groups. This means that one of the centers will be selected as the experimental group and the other will be selected as the control group. Assigning the participants to the experimental and the control groups will be done in order to prevent the spread of information among the elderly of the two groups.

The mean score of positive thinking skills will be different in the experimental and the control groups after the intervention. The mean scores of the elderly's resilience will be different in the experimental and the control groups after the intervention. The mean scores of life satisfaction among elderly people will be different in the experimental and the control groups after the intervention. There is a relationship between positive thinking and resilience constructs among the elderly. There is a relationship between positive thinking and life satisfaction constructs among the elderly.

90 people aged 60-70 years old, who are supported by the senior centers in Shiraz and are interested in participating in the study, will be randomly selected. A sample of 45 people will be included in the experimental and the control groups using stratified random sampling.