Evaluation of a credit-bearing online administered happiness course on undergraduates' mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Psychoeducational courses focused on positive psychology interventions have been shown to benefit student well-being. However, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying social restrictions, many educators have had to deliver their courses online. Given that online teaching presents a very different university experience for students, do psychoeducational courses provide similar well-being benefits in an online format? In this pre-registered study (https://osf.io/3f89m), we demonstrate that despite the challenges of remote learning, first year university students (N = 166) taking an online "Science of Happiness" course during the first term experienced positive benefits to mental well-being in comparison to a wait-list control group (N = 198) registered to take the course in

SUBMITTER: Hobbs C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8849469 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature