AU - Alibake, Fatane AU - Ahmady, Ahmad AU - Farahbakhsh, Kiumars AU - Abedi, Ahmad AU - Alibake, Morteza TI - The Effect of Optimism Training on Quality of Life among Dormitory Female Students at Isfahan Medical University PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - IJME JN - IJME VO - 12 VI - 9 IP - 9 4099 - http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-1719-en.html 4100 - http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-1719-en.pdf SO - IJME 9 AB  - Introduction: Quality of life is a significant issue among dormitory students which is frequently related to decline in educational performance and severe psychological and physical problems. This study aimed to investigate the effect of optimism training on quality of life among dormitory female students at Isfahan Medical University. Methods: This was a quasi/experimental study with pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The instrument used was WHOQOL-100 questionnaire. Among the students who completed the questionnaire in the pretest phase, 60 students who got the lowest scores, were selected randomly and then assigned into two experimental (30 students) and control (30 students) groups. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Multivariate Covariance Analysis of Variance Results: The means of the general quality of life were 1.94±0.47 and 2.04±0.50 (out of 4) in experimental and control groups respectively. Whereas the means of the general quality of life in experimental group were 2.98±0.31 and 2.92±0.34 in post-test and follow-up respectively, which had increased compared to those of control group. So, the experimental group means were significantly higher (p CP - IRAN IN - (*)Master degree Student of Counseling, Department of Humanities and Social Science, Islamic Azad University Science & Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.E-mail:falibake@yahoo.com LG - eng PB - IJME PG - 709 PT - Original research article YR - 2012