Lee Namki, Kim Yucheon
Department of Counseling and Coaching, Dongguk University, 30, Pildong-ro 1 Gil, Jung-gu, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Mar 15;14(3):240. doi: 10.3390/bs14030240.
This study delves into the importance and consequences of gratitude promotion programs for South Korean college students. It uses meta-analyses to evaluate the effects of such programs on this demographic, shedding light on their significance and implications. To that end, we selected 11 papers in which 683 persons participated as study subjects, analyzing them using the PRISMA methodology. We observed an overall effect size of 0.6671, categorized as above medium. The effect sizes of the sub-areas were cognitive (d = 1.37), emotional (d = 0.60), and behavioral (d = 0.77), with the cognitive area exhibiting the largest effect size. When categorized by program type, the effect size (d = 0.85) for the program involving gratitude practice and gratitude recording surpassed the effect size (d = 0.77) of the programs where participants solely engaged in gratitude recording. According to program execution durations, the largest effect size (d = 1.61) appeared in the group that executed the program for the longest period of at least 16 weeks. This study highlights the areas where gratitude promotion programs for college students prove to be most effective. These findings offer valuable insights for tailoring and developing gratitude promotion programs in the future.
本研究深入探讨了感恩促进计划对韩国大学生的重要性和影响。它使用元分析来评估此类计划对这一人群的效果，揭示其重要性和影响。为此，我们选择了11篇论文，其中683人作为研究对象参与，使用PRISMA方法对其进行分析。我们观察到总体效应大小为0.6671，属于中等以上。子领域的效应大小分别为认知方面（d = 1.37）、情感方面（d = 0.60）和行为方面（d = 0.77），认知领域的效应大小最大。按计划类型分类时，涉及感恩实践和感恩记录的计划的效应大小（d = 0.85）超过了参与者仅进行感恩记录的计划的效应大小（d = 0.77）。根据计划执行时长，效应大小最大（d = 1.61）出现在执行计划时间最长的至少16周的组中。本研究突出了大学生感恩促进计划最有效的领域。这些发现为未来定制和开发感恩促进计划提供了有价值的见解。
