We’ve been collecting outcomes data on our Evidence-Based Happiness course for Teachers. From last summer, we have pre-post data on 39 participants. We had VERY significant results on all of the following outcomes

Less negative affect

More positive affect

Lower depression scores

Better sleep

Fewer headaches

Less gastrointestinal distress

Fewer colds

Increased hope

Increased mindfulness

If you’re a Montana Educator and you want to take the course THIS summer, it’s online, asynchronous, and only $195 for 3 Graduate Credits. You can register here: https://www.campusce.net/umextended/course/course.aspx?C=712&pc=13&mc=&sc=

If you’re not an educator, you must know one, and they deserve this, so share it, please!

Now for you researcher nerds. Over the past week, I’ve tried to fit in some manuscript writing time. If you’re following this blog, you’ll already know that I’ve experienced some rejections and frustrations in my efforts to publish out positive psychology/happiness outcomes. I’ve also emailed various editors and let them know what I think of their reviews and review processes. . . which means I may have destroyed my chances at publication. On the other hand, maybe sometimes the editors and reviewers need a testy review sent their way!

Yesterday, a friend from UC Santa Barbara sent me a fairly recent review of all the empirical research on College Happiness Course Outcomes. To summarize the review: There are HARDLY ANY good studies with positive outcomes that have been published. Specifically, if you look at U.S. published studies, only three studies with control groups and positive outcomes have been published. There’s one more I know of. If you want to read the article, here it is:

As always, thanks for reading. I’ll be posting a “teaching group counseling” update soon! JSF