Adding science to the mix of business and pleasure: an exploratory study of positive psychology interventions with teachers accessing employee assistance counselling

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dc.contributor.authorReinsch, Candace C.
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeClifton, Rodney (Educational Administration, Foundations and Psychology) Grunfeld, Richard (Province of Manitoba Employee Assistance Program)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorBartell, Riva (Educational Administration, Foundations and Psychology)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-10T15:09:51Z
dc.date.available2013-01-10T15:09:51Z
dc.date.issued2013-01-10
dc.degree.disciplineEducational Administration, Foundations and Psychologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Education (M.Ed.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis research project explores whether the delivery of positive psychology interventions in the workplace through an employee assistance program (EAP) can improve employees’ authentic happiness/flourishing as well as decrease symptoms of depression. A small convenience sample of 13 Manitoba public school educators accessing employee assistance were recruited for a quasi-experimental research design. Nine participants were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the remaining participants assigned to the control. Experimental group members participated in a six session psychoeducational, experiential, and process-oriented positive psychotherapy group that met once a week over six weeks. Experimental group participants’ scores on the authentic happiness/flourishing measure increased by a statistically significant 9% and depression scores decreased by a statistically significant 45% from pre-intervention to one month post-intervention. The study’s findings therefore provide promising confirmation that positive psychology interventions delivered through EAPs can make a meaningful difference as both secondary prevention and primary enhancement strategies in the workplace.en_US
dc.description.noteFebruary 2013en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/14436
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectCounselling psychologyen_US
dc.subjectCounsellingen_US
dc.subjectPositive psychologyen_US
dc.subjectPositive psychotherapyen_US
dc.subjectAuthentic happinessen_US
dc.subjectFlourishingen_US
dc.subjectComplete mental healthen_US
dc.subjectSubjective well-beingen_US
dc.subjectEmployee well-beingen_US
dc.subjectLife satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectEmployee assistanceen_US
dc.subjectWorkplace health promotionen_US
dc.subjectWorkplace wellnessen_US
dc.subjectOccupational stress managementen_US
dc.subjectPositive organizational scholarshipen_US
dc.subjectGroup counsellingen_US
dc.subjectPreventionen_US
dc.subjectSecondary preventionen_US
dc.subjectPrimary enhancementen_US
dc.subjectStrengthsen_US
dc.subjectEducational psychologyen_US
dc.subjectProgram evaluationen_US
dc.subjectTeachersen_US
dc.subjectEducatorsen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.titleAdding science to the mix of business and pleasure: an exploratory study of positive psychology interventions with teachers accessing employee assistance counsellingen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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