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

Jeong-Won Han, Kyung Im Kang and Jaewon Joung
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Jeong-Won Han: College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, 26, Kyunghee-daero, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Korea
Kyung Im Kang: Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, 123 Dongdae-ro, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongbuk 38066, Korea
Jaewon Joung: Department of Nursing, Semyung University, 65 Semyung-ro, Jecheon-si, Chungbuk 27136, Korea

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-11

Abstract: 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 categorized 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.

Keywords: positive psychology; happiness; nursing students; universities; program development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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