The Effects of Forgiveness Education

Participation in this study will contribute to promoting the physical and mental healthof college school students, improving their quality of life, and maintaining campus andonline security.The intervention program involved in this study is to better psychological welfare.The number of questionnaires at each testing time is 9 (pre‐intervention test only has 7questionnaires to fill in due to previously completed 2 questionnaires in the eligibilitysurvey), and the approximate length of time it will take to complete the scales is around40 minutes.Updated post‐intervention for clarity:In collaboration with a counselor in Changzhi Preschool Teachers College, located in thecity of Changzhi, Shanxi Province, China, the investigators will apply a Randomized TrialGroup Control Group with Pre‐test, Post‐test, and Follow‐up Design in this study.Forty Grade‐2 and Grade‐3 college students will be randomly divided into groups A and B. ‐ Group A will undergo a 12‐week forgiveness course and a 4‐week follow‐up wait. ‐ Group B will go through a 12‐week wait and a 4‐week follow‐up wait.For the experimental group, there will be one class per week. Questionnaires will beconducted at three time points separated by two large time periods. Levels of anger,anxiety, forgiveness, hope, self‐esteem, human flourishing, and bullying amongparticipants in both groups will be measured. In particular, the investigators willcontinue asking teachers about each student's bullying behavior, who was identified asshowing bullying at the screening (prior to the intervention), regarding these samestudents at post‐tests and at follow‐up. This will help determine whether bullying isgoing down among these students.As a crucial supplement to the survey data collection, the investigators will also referto the semi‐structured interviews in a highly proportional manner at two time points,namely T1 and T3. In other words, this study will apply mixed methods to achieve researchgoals.