2018
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/r52wg
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An Undergraduate Positive Psychology Course as Prevention and Outreach

Abstract: College counseling centers nationwide are having difficulty meeting the increasing demand for services they are seeing. We present an undergraduate positive psychology course taught as outreach and prevention by counseling center therapists as a way to potentially address this demand. During the two primary semesters of the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 academic years, 133 students enrolled in the course and completed pre and post measures. Students evidenced significantly decreased psychological distress, increased… Show more

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“…This is likely because the students enrolled in the undergraduate course had ample time during the semester to complete a number of assignments (e.g., applying their strengths to serve the community and writing about how meaningful the experience was for them), which likely enabled them to derive greater meaning than those who participated in the Good Life intervention. Also, other positive psychology courses (e.g., Goodmon et al, 2016;Lambert et al, 2019;Lefevor et al, 2018) as well as a strengths intervention for university students by Rust et al (2009) report a smaller effect size pertaining to the pretest-posttest change for well-being than this study.…”
Section: Efficacy Of the Good Life Interventioncontrasting
confidence: 73%
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“…This is likely because the students enrolled in the undergraduate course had ample time during the semester to complete a number of assignments (e.g., applying their strengths to serve the community and writing about how meaningful the experience was for them), which likely enabled them to derive greater meaning than those who participated in the Good Life intervention. Also, other positive psychology courses (e.g., Goodmon et al, 2016;Lambert et al, 2019;Lefevor et al, 2018) as well as a strengths intervention for university students by Rust et al (2009) report a smaller effect size pertaining to the pretest-posttest change for well-being than this study.…”
Section: Efficacy Of the Good Life Interventioncontrasting
confidence: 73%
“…These have been shown to advance well-being among high school and university students (e.g., Austin, 2005;Duan & Bu, 2017;Proctor et al, 2011;Rashid, 2004;Rust et al, 2009;Seligman et al, 2009). In addition, positive psychology courses at the undergraduate level have significantly influenced students' well-being (e.g., Goodmon et al, 2016;Lambert et al, 2019;Lefevor et al, 2018;Smith et al, 2020). Previous character strengths intervention strategies have predominantly focused on signature strengths (cf.…”
Section: Character Strengthsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A number of studies have reported various benefits of positive psychology courses, including increases in well-being, life satisfaction, happiness and stress management [27,[36][37][38][39]. However, other studies have reported inconsistent or null effects [21,[40][41][42].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although psychoeducation can be used in a variety of contexts, one novel avenue for using this approach at the university level involves blending psychoeducational training into credit-bearing university courses. In the past few decades, a growing number of colleges and universities around the world have begun teaching psychoeducation as part of classes that focus on the topic of positive psychology – a field of study that examines evidence-based approaches to increasing happiness and flourishing (See Goodmon et al, 2016 , Lefevor et al, 2018 , Smith et al, 2021 , Young et al, 2020 ). In addition to providing educational benefits, these courses are often intended to raise levels of mental well-being – described by the WHO as a state in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stressors of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to make a contribution to his or her community ( World Health Organization, 2004 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%