Enhancing Happiness for Nursing Students through Positive Psychology Activities: A Mixed Methods Study

Jeong-Won Han, Kyung Im Kang, Jaewon Joung
2020 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health  
This study aims to evaluate a program promoting character strengths, positive psychological capital, learning flow, and sense of calling for nursing students. We conducted a concurrent embedded mixed methods study with 51 nursing students randomly classified into an intervention or a control group. The intervention group exhibited significantly higher scores than the control group for positive psychological capital, learning flow, and sense of calling. Program participation experiences were
more » ... gorized as "change of views about oneself", "change of views about the world", "stress relief", and "practice of positivity". Among nursing students, this program demonstrated change toward a positive, committed, and meaningful life.
doi:10.3390/ijerph17249274 pmid:33322448 fatcat:ko5n5kaf6vastmjzynrjol43wa