Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of hope therapy on social vitality, psychological capital and death anxiety of students of Isfahan University of Arts with death anxiety syndrome. We selected three people by purposive sampling from among all female students aged 18-22 years who had death anxiety syndrome. We conducted the present research within the framework of single-subject experimental designs using a multi-step baseline design. After the baseline position, we started the intervention and during eight sessions we presented hope therapy to the subjects. We followed up all three subjects for one month after the intervention. The instruments used in the research included the Templer Death Anxiety Questionnaire, the Luthans Psychological Capital Questionnaire and the Social Vitality Questionnaire. We evaluated all 3 subjects 9 times,3 times baseline,4 times intervention and 2 times follow-up. To analyze the findings, we used indices of trend changes, slope, effect size and Cohen index. Findings showed that hope therapy increased psychological capital and social vitality, so that the scores during the eight sessions of educational intervention had significant changes compared to baseline scores. The review of efficacy charts and the size of the effect coefficient indicated the significant effectiveness of the treatment for all three subjects in the variables under study. The results showed that hope therapy was of effect on social vitality, psychological capital of students with death anxiety syndrome.