2) “Can positive psychology improve psychological well-being? Experimental evidence from Kenya” by @VictoriaBaranov, @jhaushofer, and Chaning Jang, published in the University of Chicago Press Journal (2020) and available via https://t.co/XMLsJeLLmv 5/7
Can light-touch positive psychology interventions improve well-being and economic decision-making? Discover new experimental evidence from Kenya in Economic Development and Cultural Change: https://t.co/i7FmySOTJF https://t.co/TSMJLbB8OA
By contrast, a recent evaluation in urban Kenya by @baranov, @haushofer and Jang analyze several light-touch positive psychology interventions targeting poor adults including an intervention targeting aspirations, and find null effects. TBC. . .15/n https
@piaraffler We did a lot of comparisons to previous studies, both in terms of point estimates and power. It helped we could show a first stage (intervention was delivered as intended). And that we had many outcomes that were all null. https://t.co/qKtuV4