The Role of Gratitude in a Positive Psychology Group Intervention Program Implemented for Undergraduate Engineering Students.

Autor: Kalamatianos A; Department of Education, School of Education, University of Nicosia, Nicosia 2417, Cyprus.; Student Counseling Center, School of Pedagogical & Technological Education, 15122 Maroussi, Greece., Kounenou K; Department of Education, School of Pedagogical & Technological Education, 15122 Maroussi, Greece., Pezirkianidis C; Laboratory of Positive Psychology, Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences, Syggrou Ave. 136, 17671 Athens, Greece., Kourmousi N; Department of Education, School of Pedagogical & Technological Education, 15122 Maroussi, Greece.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) [Behav Sci (Basel)] 2023 Jun 02; Vol. 13 (6). Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 02.
DOI: 10.3390/bs13060460
Abstrakt: Over the past decades, research on positive psychology for building strengths has proliferated. The present study aimed to explore the effect of gratitude in a 5-week positive psychology group program for undergraduate engineering students which included an intermediary 2-week gratitude intervention. In a mixed-design, 69 students from three engineering departments of the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), assigned to the intervention (N = 34) and the control group (N = 35), with an average age of 21.52 years ( SD = 4.63), were administered the Gratitude Questionnaire-six item form (GQ-6), the Modified Differential Emotions Scale (mDES), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), and the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R). The condition experimental vs. control group was designated as the between-subjects factor, and time, that is, baseline vs. post intervention, was set as the within-subjects factor. Students who received the intervention reported significantly higher levels of gratitude. The increase in gratitude was due to the positive psychology group program. In addition, gratitude showed a significant effect on happiness and optimism, but failed to attain a significant impact on positive and negative emotions and resilience. Further research is needed to elucidate the effectiveness of positive psychology programs for undergraduate engineering students and the intervening cognitive processes.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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