Do All Positive Psychology Exercises Work for Everyone? Replication of Seligman et al.’s (2005) Interventions among Adolescents

Khanna, Pulkit; Singh, Kamlesh

doi:10.1007/s12646-019-00477-3

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“…However, our results and those of prior work are in some tension with the experimental findings of Khanna and Singh 45 and Mongrain and Anselmo-Matthews 44 who—in replication of Seligman et al’s 6 experiment—reported no contribution of the use of character strengths to decreased depressive symptoms. Unique to our contribution is that it provides some evidence that these positive effects on promoting well-being and protecting against anxiety and depression can be observed well beyond the 6-month period 6 —the longest period that we were able to find in the literature after which the effect of an intervention based on a novel use of character strength were still discernible.…”

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Character Strengths Involving an Orientation to Promote Good Can Help Your Health and Well-Being. Evidence From two Longitudinal Studies

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Purpose: We examined the impact of an orientation to promote good—one aspect of strengths of character, understood as having consistent thoughts and taking actions that contribute to the good of oneself and others—on flourishing outcomes. Design: We used data from 2 longitudinal observational studies. The primary study used 2 waves of data collected in June 2018 and July 2019. The secondary study used 3 waves of data collected in February 2017, March 2018, and March 2019. Setting: Two culturally different populations of adults were examined: (1) a large service organization based in the United States and (2) a Mexican apparel company in the supply chain of a major global brand. Subjects: 1,209 U.S. employees and 495 Mexican apparel workers were included in the study. Measures: Self-reports of orientation to promote good, Well-Being Assessment, Flourishing Index, the CDC Health-Related Quality of Life and the Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale were used. Analysis: An outcome-wide approach and lagged regression analyses were applied. To combine the estimates across samples meta-analytic estimates were computed. Bonferroni correction was used to correct for multiple testing. Robustness of the results to potential unmeasured confounding was examined using E-values. Results: Orientation to promote good was positively associated with subsequently higher levels of life satisfaction and happiness (β = 0.14, 95% CI: 0.09, 0.19), self-assessed mental health (β = 0.11, 95% CI: 0.06, 0.15) and physical health (β = 0.08, 95% CI: 0.04, 0.12), social connectedness (β = 0.102, 95% CI: 0.06, 0.15) and purpose in life (β = 0.07, 95% CI: 0.03, 0.11). It was also associated with decreased anxiety (β = -0.11, 95% CI: -0.17, -0.06), depression (β = -0.07, 95% CI: -0.1, -0.02) and loneliness (β = -0.09, 95% CI: -0.13, -0.04). Possible effects on both positive affect (feeling happy) and negative affect (feeling sad, stressed and lonely) in general and while-at-work were also identified. Conclusions: Policymakers and practitioners should consider orientation to promote good as an important factor for improving population health and human flourishing while also at work.

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Character Strengths Involving an Orientation to Promote Good Can Help Your Health and Well-Being. Evidence From two Longitudinal Studies

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“…Each person has three to eight signature strengths. Using signature strengths has been associated with many aspects of wellbeing [ 103 , 105 , 111 , 112 , 113 ].…”

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Promoting Sustainable Wellbeing: Integrating Positive Psychology and Environmental Sustainability in Education

Ronen

Kerret

2020

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This article proposes an integrative policy approach to defining and promoting wellbeing through the joint lenses of positive psychology and environmental sustainability. The study suggests that while both positive education and environmental education address various aspects of wellbeing, a common definition is still absent. The study proposes a framework for advancing a mutual concept of wellbeing: “sustainable wellbeing”, integrating aspects of individual wellbeing and the wellbeing of the environment. Sustainable wellbeing is achieved when improving individual wellbeing is correlated with improving the wellbeing of other members of society and the natural environment. It suggests a framework for integrating the benefits of positive education and environmental education into a coherent approach for exploring, discussing, and experiencing sustainable wellbeing. The paper mainly develops, explores, and demonstrates ten rules for implementing sustainable wellbeing literacy in schools, based on cognitive behavioral therapy and positive psychology insights. It contributes to the development and understanding of wellbeing, highlights the benefits of parallel developments of two distinct educational fields, and offers practical guidelines for implementing educational programs. Furthermore, the paper contributes to developing 21st century educational systems and further develops the emerging field of positive sustainability.

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“…Applied to organizational contexts, Donaldson et al ( 2019 ) found that most interventions only show small to marginal changes in important individual and organizational outcomes over the short and medium-term. Further, attempts at replicating the effects of popular positive psychological interventions have failed in various studies (Efendic and Van Zyl, 2019 ; Khanna and Singh, 2019 ; Mongrain and Anselmo-Matthews, 2019 ; Krifa et al, 2021 ). Mongrain and Anselmo-Matthews ( 2019 ) also argued that positive psychological interventions do not always produce unconditionally positive or beneficial results, whereas some interventions could cause harm.…”

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Grand Challenges for Positive Psychology: Future Perspectives and Opportunities

Zyl

Rothmann

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Do All Positive Psychology Exercises Work for Everyone? Replication of Seligman et al.’s (2005) Interventions among Adolescents

Cited by 31 publications

References 30 publications

Character Strengths Involving an Orientation to Promote Good Can Help Your Health and Well-Being. Evidence From two Longitudinal Studies

Character Strengths Involving an Orientation to Promote Good Can Help Your Health and Well-Being. Evidence From two Longitudinal Studies

Promoting Sustainable Wellbeing: Integrating Positive Psychology and Environmental Sustainability in Education

Grand Challenges for Positive Psychology: Future Perspectives and Opportunities

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