TITLE:
Efficacy of Quality of Life Therapy on Increasing Happiness in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder
AUTHORS:
Hossein Jenaabadi, Bahareh Azizi Nejad, Ghazal Fatehrad
KEYWORDS:
Quality of Life Therapy, Happiness, Depression
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Psychiatry,
Vol.5 No.2,
April
24,
2015
ABSTRACT: Introduction: The present
study sought to examine the effectiveness of quality of life therapy on
increasing happiness among patients with major depression. Methods: The
research followed an experimental research design with an experimental and a
control group. To this end, among the statistical population of the study that
consisted of all individuals with major depression disorder, 30 individuals were
randomly selected and placed in two groups (experimental and control). The
experimental group individually received an intervention with a trend based on
quality of life improvement for 10 sessions. The control group received no such
treatment. Beck’s Depression Inventory and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire were
used in two occasions of pretest and posttest. Data analysis was performed
using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of covariance. Results:
The results revealed that quality of life therapy reduced depression and
increased happiness among the subjects on the posttest (p patients recover.