98 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Received: 2015/08/29 Accepted:2015/09/22 The Effectiveness of Positive Psychology’s Training on Marital Intimacy and Life Expectancy in Women Hassan Zareei MahmoodAbadi (Ph.D) Corresponding Author: Assistance Professor in Family Counseling. Department of Psychology. Yazd University. Iran. Email:zareei_h@yahoo.com Tel:09132571279 Abstract Introduction: Marital Intimacy is one of the factors affecting on the stability of the family. Also, hope to life can highlight intimacy in women. The aim of this research was the effectiveness of positive psychology’s training on marital intimacy and life expectancy in women. Methods: the design of this research was quasi-experimental with pre test- post test. 30 women were selected by purposeful sampling method and were assignment in two groups (experiment and control groups). The instruments of this research were life expectancy questionnaire and marital intimacy. Data are analyzed by SPSS software and inferential statistic (ANCOVA). Results: Findings showed that subject’s scores have changed in life expectancy and marital intimacy in experiment group compared with control group. Conclusion: the result of the study revealed the fact that the participation in positive psychology’s training could promote hope to life and marital intimacy in women. Keywords: couple therapy, positive view point, life expectancy, marriage intimacy Conflict of interest: The authors declared that there is no Conflict interests. This Paper Should be Cited as: The Effectiveness of Positive Psychology’s Training on Marital Intimacy and Life Expectancy in Women…. J Tolooebehdasht Sci 2017; 16(2):98-109.[Persian]