Title |
Nudging socially isolated people towards well-being with the ‘Happiness Route’: design of a randomized controlled trial for the evaluation of a happiness-based intervention
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Published in |
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1477-7525-11-159 |
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Authors |
Laura A Weiss, Gerben J Westerhof, Ernst T Bohlmeijer |
Abstract |
The Happiness Route is an innovative intervention that uses a happiness-based approach for people with an accumulation of risk factors for low well-being: socially isolated people with health impairments and a low socioeconomic status. The goal of this intervention is to improve well-being by engaging participants in intrinsically motivated activities with methods from positive psychology. We hypothesize that the primary outcome measure, emotional, social and psychological well-being of participants of the Happiness Route, will increase in comparison to the traditional and commonly-used problem-based approach. Secondary outcome measures are health-related quality of life, psychosocial functioning and health care consumption. |
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United States | 2 | 50% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
Unknown | 1 | 25% |
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Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
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Australia | 2 | 1% |
United States | 2 | 1% |
Spain | 2 | 1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Sweden | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Peru | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 142 | 93% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 15% |
Researcher | 21 | 14% |
Student > Master | 20 | 13% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 13 | 8% |
Other | 22 | 14% |
Unknown | 38 | 25% |
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Psychology | 38 | 25% |
Social Sciences | 19 | 12% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 10% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 6% |
Engineering | 5 | 3% |
Other | 22 | 14% |
Unknown | 45 | 29% |