ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2023
Positive psychology interventions in the United Arab Emirates: boosting wellbeing - and changing culture?
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- Efficacy of a Positive Psychology Intervention in Enhancing Optimism and Reducing Depression Among University Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Evaluating the impact of an integrated KIPP and positive psychology course on university students' psychological well-being in China: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Embedding positive psychology into curriculum to promote posttraumatic growth, psychological flexibility, and socio-emotional competencies in higher education.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Validation study of a wellbeing scale (SPANE) in the Arab Gulf region: A multicountry study.PloS one · 2022Article
- A positive psychology group intervention in Greek university students by the counseling center: Effectiveness of implementation.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Positive Psychology and Health Behavior Change in Lifestyle Medicine: A Narrative Review.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
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Abstract
As the science of wellbeing has grown, universities have adopted the challenge of prioritizing the wellbeing of students. Positive psychology interventions (PPIs), activities designed to increase the frequency of positive emotions and experiences, which help to facilitate the use of actions and thoughts that lead to human flourishing, are being increasingly used worldwide. Known to boost wellbeing and a number of other variables, it nonetheless remains unknown whether their use can influence other variables in non-Western cultures. In this study, we determined the impact of PPIs on a variety of wellbeing outcomes. The 6-week PPI program was conducted in the United Arab Emirates on Emirati university students (
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