'Kindness by Post': A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Participatory Public Mental Health Project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Random acts of kindness can improve wellbeing. However, less is known about the impacts of giving and receiving acts of kindness with strangers on wellbeing and loneliness. Therefore, this study's objectives were to evaluate a participatory public mental health project involving sending and receiving a card with goodwill messages, to understand how such acts of kindness influence wellbeing and loneliness, and to investigate the potential mechanisms underlying the project's impacts.

Materials and methods

This study was an analysis of anonymized service evaluation data collected in the 'Kindness by Post' (KBP) project in 2020. It used a mixed-methods single-group design and data from 289 participants. Changes in wellbeing, loneliness, sense of belonging and hope fro

SUBMITTER: Wang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8858806 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature