A Positive Education Program to Promote Wellbeing in Schools: A Case Study from a Hong Kong School

Autor/inn/en	Au, Wai Chun Cherry; Kennedy, Kerry John
Titel	A Positive Education Program to Promote Wellbeing in Schools: A Case Study from a Hong Kong School
Quelle	In: Higher Education Studies, 8 (2018) 4, S.9-22 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1925-4741
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Well Being; Models; Secondary School Students; Program Effectiveness; Outcomes of Education; Mental Health Programs; Health Promotion; Life Satisfaction; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Analogiemodell; Sekundarschüler; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Lebensvollendung; Hongkong
Abstract	Students' mental health is an alarming issue in Hong Kong, thereby increasing concern from psychologists, who attempted to implement positive education programs to equip students with skills to counteract mental health problems. This study followed the practice from positive psychology and conducted a Flourishing Life program based on the framework of the PERMA model in a secondary setting. The aims of the present paper are two-fold: to report the effort of the program and to evaluate the program's effectiveness. A mixed-method sequential explanatory research design, including survey (n = 495) and subsequent two focus-group interviews (n = 8), was adopted to assess the program's effectiveness. Results indicated that Forms Two and Three students (Grades 8 and 9) benefited more from the program than the Form One students (Grade 7). Overall, students reported that they had benefited from the program. Findings provide supporting evidence to the whole-school approach program that operated effectively within the existing curriculum. This research may provide a direction for school curriculum leaders to promote students' well-being by infusing essence from positive psychology to the school curriculum. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01