Positive Psychology Intervention Study
EDUC90788: Applications of Positive Psychology
Assignment One
Due Monday 14 April, 2014
Topic:
Critically review a positive psychology intervention of your choice. However the intervention needs to have been published in a scientific journal or scholarly book. Analyse the method and efficacy of the intervention. Include information about how the intervention outcomes were measured and if best practice was applied. How could the intervention or assessment method be improved for future delivery?
Submitted by:
Sue Traynor
Student ID: 653477
Word count: 2,726
In their seminal article formally positioning positive psychology within the scientific community, Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi shone the light on …show more content…
Emmons & McCullough, 2003). These findings are supported by a long-term intervention study which points to the role of positive emotions in developing resources like psychological resilience and flourishing (Fredrickson, 2003). Emmons and Mishra conclude that gratitude builds social resources, promotes pro-social actions and the relationship between gratitude and well-being is multiply determined (Robert A. Emmons & Mishra, 2011).
Beyond the effects of gratitude interventions - the mechanics behind gratitude
Since PPI pioneer Michael Fordyce measured the impact of intentional activities to increase happiness (Fordyce, 1977), models of well-being have evolved from cognitive/positive affect subjective well-being measures (Diener, 1984) to multidimensional full mental health constructs that more fully represent the gamut of human flourishing or languishing (Seligman, 2011) (Ryff, 1989), through to a mental health continuum as proposed by Corey Keyes (Keyes, 1998). As more research enters the literature and theoretical models are developed and examined, researchers are increasingly focused on better understanding the mechanics behind PPIs through more comprehensive measures and meta-analytical reviews (Sin & Lyubomirsky, 2009) (Bolier et al., …show more content…
In summary, while it is appears clear from the evidence that PPIs are effective in improving well-being and as the number of evaluation studies continue to increase as they have during the past decade, it would appear that gratitude interventions have an important role in approaches to ongoing mental healthcare investigations.
It could be argued that better evidence-based practice, cost-effectiveness, efficient distribution of limited resources and treatment success have a symbiotic relationship with an improved understanding of the underlying mechanisms of
Assignment One
Due Monday 14 April, 2014
Topic:
Critically review a positive psychology intervention of your choice. However the intervention needs to have been published in a scientific journal or scholarly book. Analyse the method and efficacy of the intervention. Include information about how the intervention outcomes were measured and if best practice was applied. How could the intervention or assessment method be improved for future delivery?
Submitted by:
Sue Traynor
Student ID: 653477
Word count: 2,726
In their seminal article formally positioning positive psychology within the scientific community, Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi shone the light on …show more content…
Emmons & McCullough, 2003). These findings are supported by a long-term intervention study which points to the role of positive emotions in developing resources like psychological resilience and flourishing (Fredrickson, 2003). Emmons and Mishra conclude that gratitude builds social resources, promotes pro-social actions and the relationship between gratitude and well-being is multiply determined (Robert A. Emmons & Mishra, 2011).
Beyond the effects of gratitude interventions - the mechanics behind gratitude
Since PPI pioneer Michael Fordyce measured the impact of intentional activities to increase happiness (Fordyce, 1977), models of well-being have evolved from cognitive/positive affect subjective well-being measures (Diener, 1984) to multidimensional full mental health constructs that more fully represent the gamut of human flourishing or languishing (Seligman, 2011) (Ryff, 1989), through to a mental health continuum as proposed by Corey Keyes (Keyes, 1998). As more research enters the literature and theoretical models are developed and examined, researchers are increasingly focused on better understanding the mechanics behind PPIs through more comprehensive measures and meta-analytical reviews (Sin & Lyubomirsky, 2009) (Bolier et al., …show more content…
In summary, while it is appears clear from the evidence that PPIs are effective in improving well-being and as the number of evaluation studies continue to increase as they have during the past decade, it would appear that gratitude interventions have an important role in approaches to ongoing mental healthcare investigations.
It could be argued that better evidence-based practice, cost-effectiveness, efficient distribution of limited resources and treatment success have a symbiotic relationship with an improved understanding of the underlying mechanisms of