Department of Human Kinetics, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, 125 University Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 1A2, Canada.
Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, 475 Pine Ave W, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1S4, Canada.
Health Promot Int. 2023 Oct 1;38(5). doi: 10.1093/heapro/daad107.
In this quasi-experimental design, we tested the hypothesis that a quality of life (QOL) positive education course delivered online during COVID-19 would promote undergraduate students' mental health by improving self-compassion. A total of 104 students (69 enrolled in the QOL course and 35 in control courses) completed a questionnaire assessing mental health and self-compassion before and after completion of their courses. Two-way mixed ANCOVAs were used to analyse the effects of the positive education course on mental health and self-compassion over time. Compared to control students, QOL students' mental health and self-compassion significantly increased from baseline to endpoint. A simple mediation analysis confirmed the mediating role of self-compassion between the positive education course and enhanced mental health. This study adds to the emerging literature vis-à-vis positive education and its effects on student mental health through self-compassion.
在这项准实验设计中，我们检验了一个假设，即在 COVID-19 期间在线提供的生活质量（QOL）积极教育课程将通过提高自我同情来促进本科生的心理健康。共有 104 名学生（69 名参加 QOL 课程，35 名参加对照课程）在完成课程前后完成了一份评估心理健康和自我同情的问卷。采用双向混合方差分析来分析积极教育课程对心理健康和自我同情的影响随时间的变化。与对照学生相比，QOL 学生的心理健康和自我同情从基线到终点显著增加。简单的中介分析证实了自我同情在积极教育课程和增强的心理健康之间的中介作用。这项研究通过自我同情补充了关于积极教育及其对学生心理健康影响的新兴文献。
