Investigating the role of positive thinking (optimism) and emotion regulation in life satisfaction of housewives in Tehran

The purpose of this study was to Study the Positive thinking and emotion regulation styles in life satisfaction of housewives in Tehran. This research was a correlation study and research population was included all housewives in four area of Tehran in year 1393-1394  that their number is uncertain. The sample size for this study consisted of 250 housewives selected by available sampling method. The data collection tool was an Ingram and  viniski positive thinking questionnaire (1988), garnovski and colleagues emotion regulation styles questionnaire (2001) and life satisfaction questionnaire (1985) . Pearson correlation coefficient and step by step regression analysis were used to evaluate the results. The results showed that life satisfaction of housewives can be predicted  by their Positive thinking (p<0/01) and life satisfaction of housewives can also be predicted by their emotion regulation styles (p<0/01). So, according to the results of this research, it can be taken steps to life satisfaction of  housewives by positive thinking training