the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on psychological well-being and self-esteem among adolescents with depression disorder

Background: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on psychological well-being and self-esteem in adolescents with depression. methods: the research method was a controlled randomized trial with a two-month follow-up period. the statistical population of this study was adolescents with depression disorder in isfahan city in the academic year of 2011-2012. by a multi-stage random cluster sampling , 30 adolescents with depression disorder were picked and randomly assigned into one control group (15 adolescents) and one test group (15 depressed adolescents). the test group received positive psychotherapy intervention for 2 months and a half (10 sessions), while the control group received no intervention during the study. in this study, data collection tools were psychological well-being questionnaire, self-esteem questionnaire, and depression questionnaire. data were analyzed using repeated measure anova. results: the results of the data analysis indicated that mean scores of psychological well-being and self-esteem in adolescents with depression disorder in district 2, in isfahan were significantly increased by positive psychiatric intervention in post-test and follow-up stages (p-value < 0.001). conclusion: based on the findings of this study, it is suggested that a positive psychotherapy treatment method be used to improve psychological well-being and self-esteem in adolescents with depression disorder.