Efficacy of Positive Psychology Intervention among Individuals with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Abstract

Positive Psychology can be regarded as a discipline that accentuate the need to focus on experiences, interactions and personality traits in positive light. Positive Psychology Interventions are tailored to exuberate positivity among people. The present study served to shed light on the effects of two Positive psychology interventions (Best possible self and Three good things) among 67 participants clinically diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Purposive sampling is technique used for recruiting them. The participants were divided into two groups, positive intervention group and control group respectively. Participants in the Positive intervention group wrote down the best possible self for two weeks and then three good things for another two weeks. The other group wrote down about their understanding about justice for two weeks and early memories of travelling for next two weeks. Severity of post-traumatic stress disorder, level of hope, satisfaction with life, positive and negative affect were assessed before and after intervention. The result of the study indicates that the positive psychology intervention has a significant effect on PTSD.  Positive Psychology intervention showed a significant impact in the experimental group by improving their virtues of level of hope, satisfaction with life, and positive affect which helps to deteriorate the negative affect.