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ArticleJournal of American college health : J of ACH2025

Can the virtual implementation of a college course on human flourishing improve student flourishing during COVID-19? A multi-university study.

Blake A Colaianne, Matthew J Hirshberg, Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas, John D Dunne, David Germano, Mark T Greenberg, Richard J Davidson, Robert W Roeser

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Blake A ColaianneBennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5111-5527
Matthew J HirshbergCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9070-1270
Karen Kurotsuchi InkelasContemplative Sciences Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1458-8696
John D DunneCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9404-7007
David GermanoContemplative Sciences Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Mark T GreenbergBennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7189-5882
Richard J DavidsonCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8506-4964
Robert W RoeserBennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3326-5921

Funding

The plasticity of well-being: A research network to define, measure and promote human flourishingU24AT011289 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI DAVIDSON, RICHARD J · 2021 to 2024
$2.4M
NCCIH NIH HHS U24 AT011289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveEvaluate student effects of participating in an undergraduate academic course, Art and Science of Human Flourishing, that was offered in a synchronous, virtual format during the Fall 2020 semester at three universities.

participantsThree combined cohorts of undergraduate students from three universities (

methodsA pre/post/5-month follow-up, propensity-score matched evaluation was conducted. Measures assessed attention skills, social-emotional skills, flourishing, depressive symptoms, and sleep quality.

resultsRelative to comparisons, students in the course reported significant improvements in proximal outcomes related to mindfulness, compassion, and common humanity, as well as decreases in depressive symptoms. Improvements in distal outcomes of flourishing and depressive symptoms were significant at post-course but did not maintain significance at five-month follow-up.

conclusionsThe academic study of human flourishing and contemplative education offers a promising and unique approach to supporting undergraduate mental health and well-being, even in virtual settings.

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COVID-19Education, DistanceStudentsAdultCurriculumDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthMindfulnessSARS-CoV-2UniversitiesYoung Adultemerging adulthoodFlourishingholistic educationmindfulnesswellbeing

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PMID39908330
PMCPMC11985306

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