Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Ph.D. in Sociology, Department of Social Sciences - Research, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran.
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Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior Management, Department of Management, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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M.A. in Counseling, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Allameh Tabataba'i, Tehran, Iran.
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M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Azad Islamic university of Arsenjan, Arsenjan, Iran.
Abstract
Background and Objective: Life satisfaction is a construct of subjective well-being that refers to how individuals evaluate the quality of specific aspects of their lives, such as work, marriage, health, and recreation. This component is also related to the quality of more general aspects of life, such as happiness, enthusiasm for life, and peace of mind. Therefore, the aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of health-oriented behavioral intervention on life satisfaction of people with physical - motor disabilities working in government offices.
Method: This study was a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test study with a control group. The statistical population consisted of people with physical - motor disabilities working in government offices in Yasuj city, of which 40 people (20 in the experimental group and 20 in the control group) were purposefully selected as the research sample. The subjects answered the life satisfaction questionnaire in the pre-test and post-test. Then, 8 sessions of health-oriented behavioral intervention were held for 90-minute to the experimental group, and the control group did not receive any intervention. The data were analyzed using Spss26 software and analysis of covariance test.
Findings: The results obtained from the post-test comparison of the life satisfaction component (including satisfaction with family, friends, work environment, living environment, and self) in the two groups, controlling for the pre-test effect, showed that the scores of the life satisfaction component of the people with physical - motor disabilities who participated in the experimental group increased significantly compared to those who were placed in the control group (P ≤ 0.05); and the highest satisfaction of the experimental group after participating in health-oriented behavioral intervention was "satisfaction with the living environment."
Conclusion: It can be concluded that health-oriented behavioral intervention are an effective approach in increasing life satisfaction of people with physical - motor disabilities.
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