Developing positive emotions by listening to Islamic talks on the Internet

This study explores the ‘broaden-and-build’ theory of positive emotions (Cohn & Frederickson, 2009) with students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). 206 students from IIUM taking management courses completed an assignment in which they had to listen to one Islamic talk on...

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Main Author:	Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	BF636 Applied psychology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/8586/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/8586/1/Listening_to_Islamic_talks.pdf

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spelling	iium-85862011-12-08T07:01:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/8586/ Developing positive emotions by listening to Islamic talks on the Internet Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey BF636 Applied psychology This study explores the ‘broaden-and-build’ theory of positive emotions (Cohn & Frederickson, 2009) with students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). 206 students from IIUM taking management courses completed an assignment in which they had to listen to one Islamic talk on the Internet a week for at least 12 weeks. This author created a blog with links to good Islamic websites. For control purposes, students could only access the sites linked to the blog. At the end of the semester, students submitted their reflections. The quantitative data shows that 80% of respondents developed positive outcomes. The qualitative data shows that students seem to deal with personal difficulties in a more constructive way. Seeking answers to questions they have about Islam and re connecting with the Qur’an were two recurring themes in the respondents’ reports. This author speculates that an Islamic version of ABCD can be devised. The results, the implications and the limitations of this study are discussed. 2011-12-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/8586/1/Listening_to_Islamic_talks.pdf Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey (2011) Developing positive emotions by listening to Islamic talks on the Internet. In: 3rd Conference of the International Association of Muslim Psychologists , 6-8 December, 2011, Senate and Banquet Halls, IIUM.
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description	This study explores the ‘broaden-and-build’ theory of positive emotions (Cohn & Frederickson, 2009) with students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). 206 students from IIUM taking management courses completed an assignment in which they had to listen to one Islamic talk on the Internet a week for at least 12 weeks. This author created a blog with links to good Islamic websites. For control purposes, students could only access the sites linked to the blog. At the end of the semester, students submitted their reflections. The quantitative data shows that 80% of respondents developed positive outcomes. The qualitative data shows that students seem to deal with personal difficulties in a more constructive way. Seeking answers to questions they have about Islam and re connecting with the Qur’an were two recurring themes in the respondents’ reports. This author speculates that an Islamic version of ABCD can be devised. The results, the implications and the limitations of this study are discussed.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey
author_facet	Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey
author_sort	Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey
title	Developing positive emotions by listening to Islamic talks on the Internet
title_short	Developing positive emotions by listening to Islamic talks on the Internet
title_full	Developing positive emotions by listening to Islamic talks on the Internet
title_fullStr	Developing positive emotions by listening to Islamic talks on the Internet
title_full_unstemmed	Developing positive emotions by listening to Islamic talks on the Internet
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