AlHugail Munira Abdullah, AlAteeq Deemah Ateeq
Faculty of Art, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Internal Medicine Department, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Healthcare (Basel). 2025 Aug 6;13(15):1925. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13151925.
Concerns over women's mental health have intensified globally, especially among mothers managing dual careers and family responsibilities. Positive Psychology Interventions (PPIs), such as gratitude journaling and well-being workshops, have demonstrated promise in enhancing mental health; however, their applicability in Arab contexts remains underexplored. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of PPIs on mothers' well-being, gratitude, depression, anxiety, and stress in Saudi Arabia. This quasi-experimental, one-group pretest-posttest study assessed the effects of a four-week PPI on 37 Saudi working mothers (aged 21-50 years) employed at a private school in Riyadh. The intervention included guided gratitude journaling thrice weekly and two workshops on positive psychology and gratitude. Pre- and post-intervention assessments used validated Arabic versions of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), WHO-5 Well-being Index, and Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6). Significant improvements were found post-intervention: depression, anxiety, and stress scores decreased ( < 0.001), while well-being and gratitude increased ( = 0.001). However, participants with lower household income (<50,000 SAR) showed less improvement, indicating a potential moderating effect of socioeconomic status. The intervention demonstrated promising short-term improvements in mental health and well-being among Saudi mothers. The findings underscore the importance of culturally appropriate PPIs and highlight the need for further research using controlled, long-term designs. Limitations include the small, non-random sample, absence of a control group, and restriction to a single geographic region.
全球范围内对女性心理健康的担忧日益加剧，尤其是在兼顾双重职业和家庭责任的母亲群体中。积极心理学干预措施（PPIs），如感恩日记和幸福工作坊，已在改善心理健康方面展现出前景；然而，其在阿拉伯地区的适用性仍有待深入探索。本研究旨在调查积极心理学干预措施对沙特阿拉伯母亲的幸福感、感恩之情、抑郁、焦虑和压力的影响。这项准实验性的单组前后测研究评估了为期四周的积极心理学干预措施对利雅得一所私立学校的37名沙特职业母亲（年龄在21至50岁之间）的影响。干预措施包括每周三次的引导式感恩日记以及两次关于积极心理学和感恩的工作坊。干预前后的评估使用了经过验证的阿拉伯语版抑郁焦虑压力量表（DASS - 21）、世界卫生组织幸福指数（WHO - 5）和感恩问卷（GQ - 6）。干预后发现有显著改善：抑郁、焦虑和压力得分下降（<0.001），而幸福感和感恩之情上升（=0.001）。然而，家庭收入较低（<50,000沙特里亚尔）的参与者改善程度较小，这表明社会经济地位可能具有调节作用。该干预措施在沙特母亲的心理健康和幸福感方面显示出有希望的短期改善效果。研究结果强调了文化适宜的积极心理学干预措施的重要性，并突出了使用对照的长期设计进行进一步研究的必要性。局限性包括样本量小且非随机、缺乏对照组以及局限于单一地理区域。
