Pic Program to Develop Vital Skills in High School and University Students
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Positive Instructional Cognition (PIC) is a theoretical-practical formulation based on Positive Psychology and the meaning of life´s existential orientation. The PIC model develops the three dimensions of educational skills, according to five levels: Analysis of the problem; Emotional expression and emotion recognition; Self-knowledge; Reflection; and Well-being. This research describes the implementation of the PIC program, evaluating whether it increases well-being and life satisfaction, and enhances the development of life skills. Furthermore, the article compares the effects of the PIC program between two groups: high school students (16-18 years old) and university students (19-25 years old). The results showed that high school students, compared to university students, had lower scores on the following measurements: gratitude, transgression-related interpersonal motivations, and character strengths. There is relationship between gratitude and specific character strengths: love, sympathy, spirituality, vitality, perseverance. And there was no significant relationship between gratitude and motivation to avoid and motivation to revenge. As a conclusion, life satisfaction and well-being increased by PIC program was greater in university students than in secondary students of our sample.
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