Emad Yousefi - Department of Public Psychology, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran
Sajad Nazemnezhad - Department of Public Psychology, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran
Mahdi Islami - Department of Public Psychology, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran
Hasan SalarHoseini - Department of Public Psychology, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran
Marjan Dourandish - Department of Public Psychology, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran

This study examined the effectiveness of hope therapy on resiliency improvement of cancerpatients. This study was conducted as quasi-experimental method. The statistical population of thestudy included all patients with cancer. The sample study consisted of two groups of 15 patients asthe control and test. The data collection tools were the Connor and Davidson resiliencequestionnaire and hope therapy education pack. First, the resiliency of cancer patients in thecontrol and test groups were measured in order to conduct the research and then the test groupwas given hope therapy training and the control group received no training. After training, theresiliency in both groups was reassessed. Multivariate covariance test was used in order toinferentially analyze the research. The results showed that hope therapy could have affect resiliencyand its dimensions at the confidence level of 99% (F = 5.094 and p= 0.0001). The results suggest thathope therapy is an appropriate indicator in order to increase the resilience of women with cancer.

Hope Therapy, Resiliency, Cancer