Effectiveness of Flourishing Training on Depressionand Anxiety of Female Gifted Students

Background: this study aims to examine the effectiveness of flourishing training based onpositive psychology on the anxiety and depression of female gifted students.methods: this is a quasi-experimental study using a pre-test/post-test design a control group.participants were 50 female gifted students in torbat-e heydariyeh, iran. they were randomlydivided into two groups of training (n=25) and control (n=25). for the training group, flourishingtraining was presented at 14 sessions of 60 minutes, while the control group did not receive anyeducation. the 21-item depression, anxiety, and stress scale was used for collecting data. datawere analyzed in spss software v 26 using ancova.results: the results showed that the effect of flourishing training on anxiety (f=206.1, p<0.001)and depression (f=42.96, p<0.001) was significant. flourishing training reduced anxiety anddepression in the training group compared to the control group.conclusion: flourishing training based on positive psychology can be effective in reducinganxiety and depression in female gifted students.