Assessment of Impact of a Hope-Building Intervention on Flourishing among Undergraduate University Students in Karen W, Lang’ata Constituency, Nairobi County.
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2022-10-11
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
There is increasing recognition of the need for sustainable character formation of youth in Kenya,
towards promoting better mental health outcomes. This study aims at contributing in character
formation and improved mental health—by assessing the impact of an intervention of the character
strength of hope among the participants towards ameliorating their level of flourishing. The study
is carried out among young university students in Karen Ward of Lang’ata Constituency, Nairobi
County. Pre- and post-intervention tests using the Adult Hope Scale (AHS) of Snyder and the
Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) of Corey Keyes were administered to a group
of students in each of two Universities (N= 190)—one became the control and the other the
intervention. Between the pre-test and post-test, the intervention group was administered a six session hope-building intervention in the context of group counselling. Through a Pearson
coefficient (r) analysis carried out on the combined pre-test data of the two groups, a significant
positive correlation (.569) between levels of hope and of flourishing was established. A Repeated
Measures Analysis of Variance (R-MANOVA) carried out on the pre-test and post test data on
hope and flourishing showed improvement for both variables in both groups. The difference in the
extent of change is considerable with the control group positive difference at a mean of 0.63 and
5.28, compared to the intervention group mean difference of 7.28 and 12.43 for hope and
flourishing respectively. Simple linear regression analysis a small but statistically significant
influence of the intervention on flourishing levels (F = 10.9, p < .05), and gives a significant .314
or 31% influence of the raised level of hope on the raised level of flourishing. This impact of the
intervention implies that character development can fruitfully be mainstreamed in the
accompaniment of university students towards optimum flourishing outcomes.
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Assessment of Impact of a Hope-Building Intervention on Flourishing among Undergraduate University Students in Karen W, Lang’ata Constituency, Nairobi County.