A Multiskill, 5-Week, Online Positive Emotions Training for Student Well-Being

The aim of this 5-week Positive Emotions Project (PEP) is to teach students simple emotional well-being techniques in an online course. I adapted a clinical intervention that Moskowitz et al. developed for chronically ill patients. The adapted training proved to be effective for academic purposes. I...

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Published in:Journal of management education 2021-02, Vol.45 (1), p.86-125
Main Author: Hamdani, Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business Administration Education
Distance learning
Educational materials
Educational psychology
Emotional Response
Emotions
Goal Orientation
Metacognition
Mindfulness
Online Courses
Patients
Positive Attitudes
Program Effectiveness
Program Length
Self Management
Skill Development
Stress Management
Undergraduate Students
Well Being
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Summary:The aim of this 5-week Positive Emotions Project (PEP) is to teach students simple emotional well-being techniques in an online course. I adapted a clinical intervention that Moskowitz et al. developed for chronically ill patients. The adapted training proved to be effective for academic purposes. In this instructional innovation article, I provide detailed instructional materials, and explain how to set up and conduct the training. Students read simple instructions at the start of every week, for 5 consecutive weeks. Each week focuses on one or two new techniques. I collected data and present evidence of effectiveness. A secondary take-away from the study is to use multiskill interventions, since not all the eight techniques taught through PEP were endorsed equally for future use; feeling gratitude, setting attainable goals, acts of kindness, savoring positive events, and self-affirmation were the most popular PEP skills, whereas mindfulness was the least popular.
ISSN:1052-5629
1552-6658
DOI:10.1177/1052562920953203