A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multicomponent Positive Psychological Intervention: The Potential Mechanism of Altruism

Jinghan Hu; He Bu; Iris Kam Fung Liu; Nancy Xiaonan Yu

doi:10.1177/10497315231179097

A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multicomponent Positive Psychological Intervention: The Potential Mechanism of Altruism

Jinghan Hu
, He Bu
, Iris Kam Fung Liu
, Nancy Xiaonan Yu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Purpose: Although multicomponent positive psychological interventions (MPPIs) effectively improve well-being, it is crucial to examine which intervention component plays a critical role. Method: This cluster randomized controlled trial assigned 221 immigrants from mainland China to Hong Kong to either an MPPI arm (n = 116, 11 clusters) or an MPPI + Information arm (n = 105, 11 clusters). Both arms aimed to enhance three intervention outcomes: resilience, happiness, and mental health. The MPPI part in the two arms included four components: self-efficacy, positive thinking, altruism, and goal setting. The information part provided information about Hong Kong. Results: Both arms effectively improved the four intervention components and three intervention outcomes. MPPI + Information increased the immigrants’ knowledge of Hong Kong. The network analysis showed that altruism had the greatest strength in the network. Conclusions: Future studies should focus on the specific intervention component of altruism to understand how the MPPI works. © The Author(s) 2023.

Original language	English
Journal	Research on Social Work Practice
Volume	34
Issue number	4
Online published	30 May 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315231179097
Publication status	Published - May 2024

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was funded by a grant from the Health Care and Promotion scheme, Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China, (grant number 08150145)

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altruism
cluster randomized controlled trial
immigrants
multicomponent positive psychological intervention
network analysis

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