Development of Gratitude-Promoting Program for Enhancing Purpose in Life and Well-Being of Early Muslim Adolescents
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Objectives: To develop a gratitude-promoting program for enhancing purpose in the life and well-being of early Muslim adolescents. Method: The development was divided into 2 phases, which were, the component development phase and the feasibility testing phase. Results: The developed program called “The Gratitude-promoting Program for Enhancing Purpose in Life and Well-being of Early Muslim Adolescents” comprised two components: 1) the manual of gratitude-promoting for Early Muslim Adolescents and 2) the notebook “my personal journal records - the path to my dreams”. The program was divided into three stages.: 1) the preparation stage, 2) the implementing stage, which consists of three activities: 2.1) promoting five gratitude, 2.2) finding purpose in life and designing a life path, and 2.3) making promises and keeping promises. In addition, dialogue and reflection on learning in each activity were used, and 3) the evaluation stages. The activities in the program were conducted eight times for four weeks. The content validity of the program as evaluated by three experts found that the activities in the program were accurate and appropriate, and the mean of the index of consistency (IOC) was .97. The pre-testing with ten early Muslim students in Mathayom 2 confirmed that the program was easily understood and was able to be applied in their lives with the highest level (5 points). However, the students suggested that the language could be adjusted for a better understanding of each activity. Conclusion: The gratitude-promoting program that was developed, was appropriate for applying to early Muslim adolescents. Further experimental research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the programs in larger target subjects.
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