Effect of Group Positive Psychotherapy on Improvement of Life Satisfaction and The Quality of Life in Infertile Woman.
BACKGROUND
Positive psychotherapy is one of the new approaches in psychology which is innovated for treating psychological disorders and enhancing positive emotions. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the group positive psychotherapy on elevation of life satisfaction and quality of life in infertile women.


METHODS
In a randomized trial study, Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) and clinical interview were used in a pre-test post-test control group design. After analyzing the result of the questionnaire, 36 infertile women who showed signs of mild to moderate depression were randomly placed into two following groups: control (n=18) and intervention (n=18). Before the treatment, the members of both groups answered BDI-II, Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) and 12 item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12). The intervention group received six sessions of group positive psychotherapy, but the treatment of the control group began six weeks after the intervention group.


RESULTS
The results showed that the life satisfaction scores of the intervention group were significantly elevated from 22.66 in pre-test to 26.13 in post-test (P<0.001), while this improvement was not significant in the control group (P=0.405). The difference between life satisfaction scores of the intervention and the control groups was also significant (F=8.92, P=0.006). However, no significant change in the quality of life level of the intervention and control groups was observed (P=0.136).


CONCLUSIONS
Thus it can be deduced from the findings that this treatment method could be introduced as solution to increase the life satisfaction in infertile women, but not as a treatment for elevating their quality of life (Registration Number: IRCT2013042810063N3).
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.
Seyed Teymur
ST
Seyedi Asl
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Kheirollah
K
Sadeghi
Fertility and Infertility Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Mitra
M
Bakhtiari
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Seyed Mojtaba
SM
Ahmadi
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza
A
Nazari Anamagh
Department of Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tayebeh
T
Khayatan
Depression; Female Infertility; Psychotherapy; Quality of Life