Efficacy of Three Online Well-Being Programs to Improve Work-Related Outcomes

A Randomized Trial Examining the Impact of Three 8-week Online Well-Being Programs on Employment-Related Absenteeism, Engagement, Burnout, Stress, and Resilience

Participants will be randomly assigned between three well-being programs, and assessed with questionnaires before and after the 8-week program, as well as 1-month after the end of the program.

Participants will be randomly assigned between three different well-being programs, with each program lasting 8-weeks and taking place on a simplified research version of the Happify platform. Well-being programs include the unchanged Happify platform, a version of the Happify platform that is designed to engage with specific activities but does not aim to promote positive emotion or reduce negative emotion (i.e., Placebo condition), and a version of the Happify platform that encourages thinking about well-being through quizzes and polls without providing any instructions for promotion (i.e., Wait-list Control). Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires before and after the 8-week program, as well as a 1-month follow-up questionnaire after the program is complete, at which point study participation will end.

Inclusion Criteria:

• No prior experience on the Happify platform (new user registration)
• Full-time employment

Exclusion Criteria:

• None