Effectiveness of a positive psychology intervention combinedwith cognitive behavioral therapy in university students
The aim of this study was to design and implement a positive intervention combined with cognitive-behavioral therapy to enhance subjective and psychological well-being and other positive functioning constructs in a convenience sample. Participants analysed were 48 university students(mean age 22.25)...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Murcia |
| Repositorio: | DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digitum.um.es:10201/143401 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesps.32.3.261661 http://hdl.handle.net/10201/143401 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Positive intervention Subjective well-being Intervención positiva CDU::1 - Filosofía y psicología::159.9 - Psicología |
| Sumario: | The aim of this study was to design and implement a positive intervention combined with cognitive-behavioral therapy to enhance subjective and psychological well-being and other positive functioning constructs in a convenience sample. Participants analysed were 48 university students(mean age 22.25),25 assigned nonrandomized to intervention condition and 23 to no-treatment waiting-list control condition. All participants were assessed pre- and post-intervention to test the treatment program effectiveness. Repeated-measures ANCOVAs, controlling baseline differences between the two groups,indicated that the intervention group reported greater social support after the intervention period than the waiting-listcontrol group.Within-group differences were found for happiness, self-acceptance, positive relations with others, optimism, and self-esteem in the intervention group; these differences did not appear in the waiting-list con-trol group. These findings suggest the limited capacity of this intervention program for improving well-being through positive activities combined with cognitive-behavioral therapy. Future research should analyse what kind of activities could be more effective in promoting well-beingdepend-ing on the characteristics of participants |
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