An interventional study of Flourishing curriculum and Regular course in Wellbeing, sponsored by Universidad del Sinú - Elías Bechara Zainúm. Completed at 1 site in Colombia. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-10.
Sponsored by Universidad del Sinú - Elías Bechara Zainúm · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a university-level Flourishing Curriculum on students' well-being in Colombia using two rigorous designs: a cluster randomized study (Study 1, n = 389 control vs. n = 614 intervention) and an individually randomized controlled trial (Study 2, n = 77 control vs. n = 75 intervention). Both studies followed the same experimental and measurement structure. The nine-week-long curriculum integrated evidence-based components targeting meaning in life, forgiveness, humility, mindfulness, self-control, resilience, leadership, positive relationships, and spirituality, and was implemented within the standard academic course structure followed by students at the university. The control condition completed the measures but completed their usual coursework.
The assessment battery included Spanish-language versions of established psychological measures. These instruments had either been previously validated for use in Spanish-speaking populations or had been back-translated into Spanish by researchers at Universidad del Sinú for prior studies conducted in Colombia.
The investigators selected a set of 20 theory-driven and curriculum-informed outcome variables corresponding to two levels of anticipated change. First, investigators assessed constructs targeted by each of the nine curriculum modules, including coherence, purpose, and significance as three central dimensions of meaning in life, trait forgivingness, trait humility, mindfulness, self-control, resilience, leadership, loneliness, and transcendent spirituality. Second, constructs were assessed reflecting more distal outcomes that the flourishing curriculum is intended to support, including depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, stress overload, and a brief measure of multidimensional flourishing that yielded an overall flourishing score and five domain-specific scores: happiness and life satisfaction; mental and physical health; meaning and purpose; character and virtue; and close social relationships. Mean scores were computed for all outcome variables. In addition, following each module of the Flourishing Curriculum, students in the intervention group also completed a five-item course evaluation assessing satisfaction with the learning experience.
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Behavioral: Flourishing curriculum
Participants in this group took their own regular university course.
Behavioral: Regular course
The flourishing curriculum consisted of nine modules (one per week) designed to teach both the theoretical foundations and practical applications of positive psychological constructs. The modules addressed the following domains: meaning in life, forgiveness, humility, mindfulness, self-control, resilience, leadership, relationships, and religion/spirituality. Each module was delivered as a stand-alone, two-hour seminar that incorporated lecture content, experiential activities, and structured discussion. In designing the intervention used in the study, global experts in the well-being sciences contributed state of the art curricula targeting multiple well-being dimensions.
Students take their regular university course
Overall Flourishing: Flourish Measure
Use the total score across 10 items of the Flourish measure developed by Tyler VanderWeele. Scale score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher score indicates better outcome.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Happiness and Life Satisfaction: subscale of Flourish Measure
subscale of the Flourish measure of the the first outcome developed by VanderWeele. Scale score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher score indicates better outcome.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Mental and Physical Health: subscale of Flourish Measure
subscale of the Flourish measure of the the first outcome developed by VanderWeele. Scale score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher score indicates better outcome.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Meaning and Purpose: subscale of Flourish Measure
subscale of the Flourish measure of the the first outcome developed by VanderWeele. Scale score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher score indicates better outcome.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Character and Virtue: subscale of Flourish Measure
subscale of the Flourish measure of the the first outcome developed by VanderWeele. Scale score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher score indicates better outcome.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Close Social Relationships: subscale of Flourish Measure
subscale of the Flourish measure of the the first outcome developed by VanderWeele. Scale score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher score indicates better outcome.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Depression symptoms: Patient Health Questionnaire-9(PHQ-9)
Scale score ranges from 0 to 3. Higher score indicates higher depression.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Anxiety Symptoms: Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)
Scale score ranges from 0 to 3. Higher score indicates higher symptom.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
The Short Stress Overload Scale
Scale score ranges from 1 to 5. Higher score indicates higher stress.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Coherence: subscale of the Three Dimensional Meaning in Life Scale (3DM)
Scale score ranges from 1 to 7. Higher score indicates higher meaning.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Purpose: subscale of the Three Dimensional Meaning in Life Scale (3DM)
Scale score ranges from 1 to 7. Higher score indicates higher meaning.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Significance: subscale of the Three Dimensional Meaning in Life Scale (3DM)
Scale score ranges from 1 to 7. Higher score indicates higher meaning.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Trait Forgivingness Scale
Scale score ranges from 1 to 5. Higher score indicates higher forgiveness.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Trait Humility: subscael of Relational Humility Scale
Scale score ranges from 1 to 5. Higher score indicates higher humility.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R)
Scale score ranges from 1 to 4. Higher score indicates higher mindfulness.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Brief Self-Control Scale
Scale score ranges from 1 to 5. Higher score indicates higher self-control
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Brief Resilience Scale
Scale score ranges from 1 to 5. Higher score indicates higher resilience.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Authentic Leadership Inventory (ALI)
Scale score ranges from 1 to 5. Higher score indicates higher level of leadership.
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Loneliness: NIH Toolbox Adult Social Relationship Scales
Scale score ranges from 1 to 5. Higher score indicates higher level of loneliness
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
Transcendent Spirituality: subscale of Trait Sources of Spirituality Scale
Scale score ranges from 1 to 5. Higher score indicates higher level of spirituality
Time frame: T1 Baseline, T2 End of nine weeks, T3 One-month Follow-up
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