Mental, behavioural disorders. Happiness. Optimism.
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: 37 medical students receive training with techniques of positive psychology (to increase optimism, happiness and decrease mental disorders)
Control group: 34 medical students recei
Behavioural
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Medical students of the Federal University of Pernambuco attending a course called Personal and Professional Development
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participate in less than 75% of the sessions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Greater subjective wellbeing scores in the group receiving the intervention compared to the control group measured by the satisfaction with life scale and positive/negative affect scale from the finding of a statistically significant difference between groups. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Higher optimism scores in the group receiving the intervention compared to the control group measured by the LOT-R scale from the finding of a statistically significant difference between groups. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactLeonardo Machado
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Outcome results
None listed