Examining the Effectiveness of Educating Flourishing on Positive Emotions, Relationships, Sense of meaning, Achievement and Engagements among Young Researchers and Elites

Abstract

The aim of the present study was examining the effectiveness of educating Flourishing on Positive Emotions, Relationships, Sense of meaning, Achievement and Engagements among young researchers and elites. Methodology: The present study was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. All members of Young Researchers and Elite Club of Islamic Azad University in Tehran in 2016-2017, consisted the statistical population of the present study. Sample of study consisted of 40 members of Young Researchers and Elites Club who got scores lower than the mean score in all components of Achievement. These 40 individuals were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups with 20 individuals in each group. Before starting the training course, individuals of both groups completed Butler and Kern's PERMA (Flourishing) scale (2015) and then individuals of experimental group received educational intervention protocol of Achievement in form of eight 2-hour sessions for two days. Individuals of control group received no training. At the end of the course, participants of both groups completed the questionnaire again. Data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate covariance analysis. Findings: Findings showed that the training significantly increased all components of Achievement in individuals of experimental group compared to control group.

Keywords

• flourishing, positive emotions, relationships, sense of meaning
• achievement, engagement, perma