The Impact of Positive Psychology-Based Health Qigong Teaching on University Students' Positive Psychological Qualities

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This study responds to the growing emphasis in China on cultivating university students' positive psychological qualities as a means to prevent psychological issues. It explores the integration of positive psychology into the physical education domain, specifically through Health Qigong instruction. The research aims to design a Health Qigong teaching model based on positive psychology concepts and to empirically investigate its effectiveness in fostering students' positive psychological qualities and overall well-being. A teaching experiment was conducted involving 51 university students enrolled in a Health Qigong elective. Participants were divided into an experimental group, which received teaching integrated with positive psychology activities, and a control group, which followed a traditional teaching method. Data were collected through questionnaires, expert interviews, and skill assessments before and after the intervention. The results demonstrated that compared to traditional teaching, the positive psychology-based approach was significantly more effective in promoting the development of students' positive qualities across five key dimensions: interpersonal skills, courage, wisdom & knowledge, justice, and transcendence (though no significant difference was found for temperance). Furthermore, students in the experimental group reported higher levels of positive emotional experiences and subjective well-being. They also achieved significantly higher scores in practical skill assessments, indicating better mastery of Health Qigong techniques. However, there was no significant difference in theoretical knowledge scores between the two groups. The study concludes that integrating positive psychology into Health Qigong teaching is a viable and effective strategy for enhancing university students' psychological well-being and technical skill acquisition. This work provides a novel teaching methodology that enriches both Health Qigong pedagogy and the application of positive psychology in physical education, offering a practical approach to supporting the holistic development of university students