AUTHOR=Yang Jie , Tan Yingchun , Yao Chunlin 

TITLE=Can a PERMA model-based positive psychological intervention affect the SIA and SWB of vocational college students majoring in nursing in China?

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=15

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1337064

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1337064

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec id="sec1"><title>Aims</title><p>The study was conducted to investigate the effects of a PERMA model-based positive psychological intervention on vocational college students’ social interaction anxiety and subjective well-being.</p></sec><sec id="sec2"><title>Methods</title><p>This is an experimental study in which data were collected through self-administered questionnaire. A total of 261 students from four classes at Caofeidian College of Technology without differences in the levels of social interaction anxiety and subjective well-being were selected as the control group and intervention group randomly. Students in the control group received a traditional psychological intervention, while students in the invention group received a PERMA model-based positive psychological intervention. Thereafter, the research team collected data regarding students’ social interaction anxiety and subjective well-being.</p></sec><sec id="sec3"><title>Results</title><p>Based on the result obtained, the mean score for social interaction anxiety in the invention group was significantly lower than those in the control group (42.95 vs. 53.07, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001) and the mean score for subjective well-being was significantly higher than those in the control group (92.58 vs. 87.26, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001).</p></sec><sec id="sec4"><title>Conclusion</title><p>A PERMA model-based positive psychological intervention can effectively relieve the social interaction anxiety of nursing students in vocational colleges, and improve their subjective well-being levels.</p></sec>