The Effectiveness of intervention based on positive education on the subjective wellbeing in students

Introduction: Subjective wellbeing is one of important constructs of the positive psychology and identifying the factor affecting it is of paramount importance and promotion of subjective well-being is one of the objectives of the modern psychology. Aim: This study examined the effectiveness of the intervention based on positive education on subjective wellbeing in students. Method: Research design was semi-experimental and pretest- posttest type with the control group. The study population included all the male 6th grade students in Marvdasht, Iran. From among these students, 30 were selected through cluster sampling as the samples of the research. For the collecting the data Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) were used. For the data analysis, multivariate analysis of covariance was used. Results: The results showed that the intervention positive education enhanced positive affection and life satisfaction and reduced negative affection in the expremental group in comparison with the control group. Conclusion: The findings of this research has practiced implication to pay special attention the effects of intervention positive education on students' subjective wellbeing.