A positive psychology intervention program in a culturally-diverse university : boosting happiness and reducing fear

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dc.contributor.authorLambert, Louise
dc.contributor.authorPassmore, Holli-Anne
dc.contributor.authorJoshanloo, Mohsen
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-20T11:28:28Z
dc.date.available2020-01-20T11:28:28Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2019-04-15
dc.descriptionFull text of this article is available in CUD LRC electronic resources at: https://search-proquest-com.ezp.cud.ac.ae/docview/2037260244?pq-origsite=summonen_US
dc.description.abstractWhile developing excellence in knowledge and skills, academic institutions have often overlooked their obligation to instill wellbeing. To address this, we introduced a 14-week positive psychology intervention (PPI) program (Happiness 101) to university students from 39 different nations studying in the United Arab Emirates (N = 159). Students were exposed to 18 different PPIs. Pre, post, and 3-month-post measures were taken assessing hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, and beliefs regarding the fear and fragility of happiness. At the end of the semester, relative to a control group (N = 108), participants exposed to the Happiness 101 program reported higher levels of both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, and lower levels of fear of happiness and the belief that happiness is fragile. Boosts in life satisfaction and net-positive affect, and reduction of fear of happiness and the belief that happiness is fragile were maintained in the Happiness 101 group 3 months post-intervention. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLambert, L., Passmore, H.-A., & Joshanloo, M. (2019). A positive psychology intervention program in a culturally-diverse university: Boosting happiness and reducing fear. Journal of Happiness Studies, 20(4), 1141–1162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-018-9993-zen_US
dc.identifier.issn13894978
dc.identifier.urihttps://search-proquest-com.ezp.cud.ac.ae/docview/2037260244?pq-origsite=summon
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12519/9
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Netherlandsen_US
dc.relationAuthors Affiliations: Lambert, L., Canadian University Dubai, Box 117781, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Passmore, H.-A., University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada; Joshanloo, M., Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of Happiness Studies;Vol. 20, no. 4
dc.rightsPermission to reuse the abstract has been secured from Springer Netherlands
dc.rights.holderCopyright : 2018, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature.
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.subjectFear of happinessen_US
dc.subjectFragility of happinessen_US
dc.subjectPositive psychologyen_US
dc.subjectPositive psychology interventionsen_US
dc.subjectUnited Arab Emiratesen_US
dc.subjectWellbeingen_US
dc.subjectAdulten_US
dc.subjectArticleen_US
dc.subjectControlled studyen_US
dc.subjectFearen_US
dc.subjectFemaleen_US
dc.subjectHappinessen_US
dc.subjectHumanen_US
dc.subjectHuman experimenten_US
dc.subjectLife satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectMajor clinical studyen_US
dc.subjectMaleen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subjectUniversity studenten_US
dc.titleA positive psychology intervention program in a culturally-diverse university : boosting happiness and reducing fearen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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