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标题：A study of the efficacy of teaching happiness Based on the Fordyce method to elderly people on their life expectancy
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作者：Maryam Hariri ; Maryam Hariri ; Naghme Khodami 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2011
卷号：30
页码：1412-1415
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.275
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：The present study has been carried out as “a study of the efficacy of teaching happiness- based on the Fordyce method- to elderly people living in Isfahan on their life expectancy.” The statistical population were the elderly people living in homes for the aged in the city of Isfahan. Sixty elderly individuals were selected randomly using the random cluster sampling method from Niakan and Ofogh-e-Farda homes for the elderly, and divided randomly into experiment and control group (each group consisting of thirty individuals). The study method was demlexperimental. The experiment group were treated with the Fordyce happiness education program. The tool used in the study was the “hope” measure. The data acquired from the study was analysed on basis of the co-variance analysis method. Results showed that the Fordyce happiness education program increases life expectancy in elderly people; this increase is quantitatively equal to (p<0.01, F=16.42) the follow-up test revealed happiness education endurance.
关键词：happiness education;the Fordyce method;life-expectancy;the elderly;First keywords;second keywords;third keywords;forth keywords