ERIC Number: EJ1349860
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Sep
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0175
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The Impact of a Laughter Prescription on Creativity, Well-Being, Affect, and Academic Efficacy in University Students
Journal of Creative Behavior, v56 n3 p344-361 Sep 2022
Our study explored: (a) the feasibility of prescribing laughter to university students; (b) the efficacy of the prescription on creativity, well-being, affect, and academic efficacy (AE); and (c) the practicality of the Applied Creativity Test (ACT) conceived for this study. A convenience sample of healthy students (n = 70) aged 18-28 (78% female; M = 21.6) was randomized to experimental or control conditions. Experimental participants (n = 29) were prescribed to laugh three times a day for a week with their Laughie (a 1-minute recording, on their smartphone, of their laughter). The intervention was planned and evaluated using Feasibility, Reach-out, Acceptability, Maintenance, Effectiveness, Implementation, Tailorability. Data measures included ACT, Wallach-Kogan Creativity Test, Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale, WHO-5 Well-being Index (WHO-5), and Pattern of Adaptive Learning Scales AE and avoiding novelty. A 1-minute laughter prescription, used three times a day for 1 week, was feasible and effective in stimulating creativity, increasing well-being and immediate affect, and benefitting AE.
Descriptors: Humor, Creativity, Well Being, Tests, Academic Ability, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Intervention, Surveys, Measures (Individuals), Educational Benefits, Audio Equipment, Affective Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Patterns of Adaptive Learning Survey
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