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Examining the effectiveness of the best possible self activity in Singapore
Author
Lo, Chrystella Hui Min
Supervisor
Neihart, Maureen
Abstract
This study examined the effectiveness of the Best Possible Self (BPS; King, 2001) intervention with students in an institute of higher learning in Singapore. The intervention was carried out twice, a month apart. Positive affect, negative affect and depressive symptomology were measured using the Positive And Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS; Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988) and Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D; Radloff, 1977). Results showed that with the first BPS intervention, while both experimental and control groups reported decreases in negative affect, the amount of reduction in negative affect for the experimental group was more significant than that for the control group. When the BPS activity was administered a second time a month later, it appeared to have no effect as both groups were not significantly different in positive and negative affect. Both experimental and control groups reported decreases in positive and negative affect, but there were no significant between group differences. Depressive symptomology was shown to increase in both the experimental and the control groups after the both BPS activities. These results were unexpected and were critically examined. The population, methodology and culture are key factors that may have contributed to the results that were obtained.
Date Issued
2014
Call Number
BF637.S4 Lo
Date Submitted
2014