Students of a "Science of Happiness" online course did not experience the increased anxiety and decreased wellbeing of their peers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0263514
Article Title: Evaluation of a credit-bearing online administered happiness course on undergraduates’ mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic
Author Countries: U.K., U.S.A.
Funding: This work was supported by a grant awarded jointly by the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute, University of Bristol and the Rosetrees Trust (grant code: R105121-248). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Evaluation of a credit-bearing online administered happiness course on undergraduates’ mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic
16-Feb-2022
The course being evaluated was taught by two of the authors (Bruce Hood and Sarah Jelbert), and is based on a similar course developed, and previously taught, by another author (Laurie R. Santos). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Catherine Hobbs has no competing interests.