the effect of positive psychology intervention on psychological well-being of drugs inmates

to study the effect of positive psychology intervention on psychological well-being of drugs inmates.the subjects were 30 male drugs inmates in semnan prison. the participants were selected through random sampling and randomly placed in experimental (15 person) and control groups (15 person). one person in control group was absent in post-test. experimental and control group answered to psychological well-being scale before starting intervention. experimental group received positive psychology intervention during 12 sessions. after 12 sessions, all participants (control and experimental group) were assessed by the scale of study. data collated was analyzed using multiple analysis of variance procedure.the statistic analysis showed the mean psychological well-being of the experimental­ testes was meaningfully higher than the mean of psychological well-being of the control group testes.