Impact of a personal goals management program on the subjective well-being of young retirees

Dubé, Micheline; Lapierre, Sylvie; Bouffard, Léandre; Alain, Michel

doi:10.1016/j.erap.2005.04.004

Cited by 34 publications

(37 citation statements)

References 20 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…In addition, a brief intervention involving the development of goal-setting and planning skills revealed an increase in life satisfaction, efficacy beliefs, and positive affect (MacLeod, Coates, & Hetherton, 2008). Similar results were obtained by Dubé, Lapierre, Bouffard, and Alain (2007), where a personal goal-based intervention showed that, at the end of the program, the experimental group had improved significantly more than the control group in the majority of the goals and subjective well-being (happiness, positive experience with retirement, environmental mastery, personal growth, purpose in life, and relations with others), and this gain was maintained six months later.…”

Section: Volitional Strategiessupporting

confidence: 75%

Positive Interventions in Positive Organizations

et al. 2013

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We describe how (positive) organizations can be enhanced from the framework of Positive Psychology, being healthy from a psychological point of view, as well as resilient in times of crisis and turmoil. Thus, Healthy & Resilient Organizations (HEROs) make systematic, planned, and proactive efforts to improve employees' and organizational processes and outcomes (Salanova, Llorens, Cifre, & Martínez, 2012). These efforts involve fostering healthy organizational resources and practices aimed at improving the work environment, especially during changing times. Despite its relevance in modern societies, research on how to develop HEROs is scarce. Therefore, in this article first we focus on its concept and the measurement, and then, we review the main research conducted on interventions to promote HEROs based on Positive Psychology from a collective (teams and organizations) and an individual (employee) point of view. Lastly, we develop a set of best practices on positive interventions in the organizational context. Key words: healthy organizations, organizational resilience, positive interventions. ResumenDescribimos cómo las organizaciones (positivas) pueden mejorar desde la Psicología Positiva, siendo saludables desde un punto de vista psicológico, y resilientes en tiempos de crisis y confusión. Las organizaciones saludables y resilientes (Healthy & Resilient Organizations -HEROs) hacen esfuerzos sistemáti-cos, planificados, y proactivos para mejorar la salud de sus empleados, y los procesos y resultados de la organización (Salanova, Llorens, Cifre, y Martínez, 2012). Estos esfuerzos incluyen fomentar recursos y prácticas organizacionales saludables para mejorar el trabajo, especialmente durante tiempos de cambios. A pesar de su importancia en las sociedades modernas, la investigación sobre cómo desarrollar HEROs es escasa. En este artículo revisamos su concepto y medida, así como las principales investigaciones sobre intervenciones para promover HEROs basadas en la psicología positiva, tanto a nivel colectivo (equipos y organizaciones) como individual (empleado). Por último, se describen cuáles son las "mejores prácticas" en materia de intervenciones positivas en el contexto organizacional.

show abstract

Section: Volitional Strategiessupporting

confidence: 75%

Positive Interventions in Positive Organizations

et al. 2013

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Participants were not assigned randomly to either group, because, in previous studies, controls on the waiting list had reactions that contaminated the results [9]. For example, some were frustrated about having to wait for the workshop, while others were looking forward to be involved in this activity.…”

Section: Methods Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The duration of the program was extended from its original 11-week format [9], and the number of participants in each group was lowered, to adapt it to the needs of depressed difficulties. Eighteen completed all three time measurements.…”

Section: Methods Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Longitudinal studies and path analyses have indicated that personal commitment to the pursuit of personal goals predicts psychological well-being (PWB) [9,10]. Furthermore, people can achieve However, when important obstacles (real or perceived) make the goal hard to achieve and the person's efforts are in vain, a state characterized by disorganization, discouragement, and helplessness is observed [12].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Brief interventions that target goal-setting and planning have been created to improve well-being [9,29,30] …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations