Friday, 19th July 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology 2019

• Promoting Students’ Subjective Well-Being in Comprehensive School-Based Mental Health Services - Shannon M Suldo

• Positive Emotion In Blood Donation: Insights And Implications - Lisa A Williams
• Gratitude and Therapeutic Alliance - Chi-Ching Leung
• Past Adversity Protects Against the Numeracy Bias in Compassion - Daniel Lim
• Gratitude Increases Obedience Readiness: Evidence In Support Of The Social Alignment Perspective Of Gratitude - Eddie M. W. Tong

• How to Foster Harmonious Passion and Optimal Functioning in your Life: Contributions to Positive Psychology - Robert J. Vallerand

Practice

Over the past decade, there has been a greater emphasis on the role wellbeing plays in education while the majority of advances have been made with students. This symposium will report on three studies focusing on teachers' and students' wellbeing in Australia, Canada and rural China.  While teaching is universally recognised as one of the most rewarding professions and collective teacher efficacy is widely recognised as the key in-school factor influencing student achievement policymakers are confronted with estimates of up to 52 per cent of newly qualified teachers leaving the profession within the first five years of employment. This is despite the completion rate of initial teacher education is similar to other courses. Internationally teachers are being challenged by the rise of the fourth education revolution (artificial intelligence), declining student achievement, increased regulation, testing and accountability. Issues of teacher emotional burnout and mental health abound. Similarly, issues of student wellbeing are on the rise with teachers and schools being asked to do more. Both teacher and student wellbeing are important factors in creating safe and supportive learning environments, successful engagement, belonging and achievement

• Teacher Wellbeing In Rural China: Under Two Angles Of Positive Psychology - Bo Cui
• Wellbeing: The Nexus For Student And Teacher Achievement And Happiness - Faye McCallum
• Learning and Teaching for Wellbeing and Academic Mastery - Mathew White

Practice

• Rapidly Building High-Quality Connections In The Workplace To Cultivate Collaborative Teams And Energise Employees - Marcia Ryan
• Leading With Courage - A Workplace Development Initiative To Build Courage In Our Leaders - Dina Pozzo
• The Strategic Use of Wellbeing Measurement to Promote Thriving: Insights from the PERMAH Workplace Survey - Peggy L Kern

Practice

• A Gender-Responsive Treatment Facility In Correctional Services: The Development Of Psychological Gymnasium (Psy Gym) For Women Offenders   - Regina, W. Y. Kwong
• Effects Of Positive Psychological Intervention (PPI) And Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)  On Female Offenders With Psychological Distress In Hong Kong - Vivian Wai-ming Mak
• The Alignment Of Positive Psychology And Starlight’s Wishgranting Program For Seriously Ill Children And Adolescents - Melissa Barker
• Wellbeing On The Rise: Living Well With Chronic Disease - Jennifer Cory
• The Connecting Community Program - Hugo Alarcon-Caro

Practice

• Ethical Guidelines for Positive Psychology Practice - Aaron Jarden
• The Contest Between And The Role Of Universal Or Targeted Wellbeing Interventions In Long-Term, Systems Wellbeing Implementation: A Discussion With Case Examples. - Gabrielle Kelly
• Implementing Large-Scale Resilience Initiatives: Program Evolution And Quality Implementation - Jill Antonishak

Science

• Engaging Leadership Predicts Work Engagement Via Work-Related Basic Need Satisfaction - Vivi Gusrini Rahmadani
• Examining The Relationship Between Organisational Climate And Strengths Use. - Aylin Dulagil
• It Takes Two to Tango: Untangling the Impacts of Organisational and Employee Contributions to Work–Family Enrichment - Xi Wen (Carys) Chan
• The Effect of Meaningfulness at Work and Work-related Outcomes among Police Personnel: A Moderated Mediation Model - Vaijayanthee Kumar

Science

• Just Another Dot On The Map? A Qualitative Investigation Of The Functional Roles Of Mentors In Higher Education - Veronica Fruiht
• Strength, Happiness And Compassion - Enhancing Child Wellbeing Through An Extensive Positive Psychology Intervention - Ase Fagerlund
• Improving The Wellbeing And Resilience Of Over 1,000 Disengaged And Disadvantaged Young People: Evidence And Methodological Insight From A 3 Year Project. - Gabrielle Kelly
• Are Undergraduates Seeking PERMA In Their College Courses - Rob Kallmeyer
• Linking  Optimistic Attributional Style to Academic Performance:  Meta-analysis  Shows That  Attributions of ­­­Positive Events Matter Most - Tamara O. Gordeeva

Practice

• Using Positive Psychology Interventions To Design A Key Stage 3 Programme For Schools As A Preventive Strategy For Mental Health Promotion - Gilda C Scarfe

Science

• Compassionate Caregiving In Parent-Child Relationships: Compassion, Gratitude, And Attachment Insecurity - Katherine Nelson-Coffey
• Psychological Health: Possibly the Most Important Surgical Risk Factor - Rhonda Cornum
• The Effects of Positive Psychology Interventions on Medical Patients' Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis - Lydia Brown
• Positive Mental Health As A Predictor Of Recovery From Mental Illness. - Matthew Iasiello
• Development of an Intervention Program based on Grit and Psychological Well-Being to Alleviate Acculturative Stress among Foreign Students - Felisse Marianne Z. San Juan

Practice

• Supporting The Brain To Recover From Traumatic Experience Clinical Applications Of Positive Psychology - Nigel Denning and Linda Tilgner

Practice

• Creative Futures - Failure, Flow and Flexibility - Kirsten Cottone

• The Coddling Of The Anglo-American Mind: The Disastrous Consequences Of Ignoring Basic Insights From Positive Psychology - Jonathan Haidt

• Changing Minds, Changing Hearts - Abdulla AlKaram

• Positive Media: Bringing Positive Psychology to the Masses - Milad Hadchity
• Bringing Positive Psychology to the Masses: Positive Media - Sophie Scott and Lisbeth Gorr
• Bringing Positive Psychology to the Masses - Angie Hilton and Chris Mackey

• Brain networks supporting positive emotion’s impact on stress regulation - Christian Waugh
• Investigating The Link Between Moment-To-Moment Changes In Subjective Feelings And Direct Sub-Second Measurements Of Dopamine And Serotonin Release In The Human Brain - Kenneth T Kishida

• Culture and Well-Being: A Chinese Tamale Perspective - William Tov

Practice

Speakers: Grant, Spence, van Nieuwerburgh, Biswas-Diener

• Building And Expanding The Evidence Base For Coaching: Putting The Psychology Into Coaching And The Coaching Into Psychology - The View From Sydney University - Anthony Grant
• Evidence-based Coaching as Applied Positive Psychology: An Australian Perspective - Gordon Spence
• The Integration of Coaching and Positive Psychology, Interculturally-sensitive Coaching: A British, European and Multi-cultural Perspective - Christian van Nieuwerburgh
• Why Positive Psychology Needs Evidence-based Coaching: A View From Contemporary America - Robert Biswas-Diener

Panelists/Presenters: Stewart Donaldson, Claremont Graduate University Andrew Soren, Eudaimonic by Design Qing Yan, Claremont Graduate University Junghyo Park, Bloom Company Louis Alloro, Claremont Graduate University Victoria Cabrera, Claremont Graduate University

Science

• The P In Perma The Role Of Art Therapy In Emotional Expression Affect Regulation And Positive Mood - Gioia Chilton
• The M And A In PERMA Using Art Therapy To Shift Perception Attend To The Good And Highlight Accomplishment   - Rebecca Wilkinson
• The M In PERMA Exploring Meaning And Purpose And Connecting To Self-Compassion Through Art Therapy - Janet McLeod
• Examining Permas E And R Through The Lens Of Positive Art Therapy Demonstrating How Art Therapy Promotes Engagement Reveals Strengths And Builds Relationships  - Megan Booth

Science

• Event-linked Positive Emotion Measures are More Responsive to Positive Psychological Intervention in People Newly Diagnosed with HIV - Judith T Moskowitz
• Measuring The Impact Of Positive Psychological Interventions On Positive And Negative Affect Among US Military Veterans With Arthritis Pain - Leslie Hausmann
• Positive Affect Or Optimism: Which Is A Better Treatment Target For Positive Psychology-Based Health Behavior Interventions? - Christopher M Celano
• The Short And Long-Term Impact Of A 6-Week Gratitude Intervention On Mental Health: Results From A 3-Armed Trial. - Jannis Kraiss

Practice

• Positive Psychology in China - Yukun Zhao
• Building Flourishing Schools: Measurement, Assessment And Evaluation For Student Wellbeing - Mathew White

Science

• Cultural Factors Promoting Post-traumatic Growth Experiences: Examples from Tibetan Refugees - Dilwar Hussain
• A Lexical Exploration Of Wellbeing Among London’s Language Communities - Tim Lomas
• Post-Traumatic Growth Among Great East Japan Earthquake Survivors Attending A Community Knitting Program To Perform Acts Of Kindness. - Cindy H Chiu
• Cross-Cultural Experiences Of Hope: Comparing Indian And German Samples Of The Hope Barometer - Andreas M Krafft

Science

• How Photography-Based Interventions Impact Well-Being: Results From Two Randomized Control Trials - Laura G McKee
• Social Identification Through Music As Catalysts Of Empathy And Affect  - Sanya Jain
• Prediction Of Wellbeing Via Smartphone Experience Sampling - A Scalable Solution To Tracking Dynamic Positive Functioning Measures. - Nikki Rickard

Practice

• Fostering Purposeful Work: An Intro To Evidence-Based Positive Career Coaching - Bryan Dik

Science

• Approaches To Pursuing Well-Being: The Change Of Eudaimonic, Hedonic And Extrinsic Orientations Across The Lifespan - Andrea M LeFebvre
• Examining The Differential Effects Of A Positive Psychological Intervention (MARIGOLD) On Hedonic And Eudaimonic Wellbeing - Elizabeth L Addington
• Measuring Wellbeing in South Australia - Jonathan D Bartholomaeus
• Psychological Well-Being Among Indonesian Adolescent The Effect Of Parenting Friendship School Climate And Basic Needs Satisfaction - Fitri Abidin

• The Effects Of Positive Leadership On Organizations And Their Employees     - Kim Cameron

• Providing Tools For Wellbeing Based On Their Strengths For In Migrant Kids Teenagers And Parents   - María Elena M E Garassini

• Big Data Meets Long Data: The Predictive Power Of Childhood Essays Across Five Decades - Peggy L Kern
• Debiasing Big Data Predictions And Measurements  - H. Andrew Schwartz
• Best Practices For Ethical Social Media Research - Anneke Buffone
• Detecting Depression, Understanding Well-Being and Predicting Elections with Facebook and Twitter - Johannes C Eichstaedt
• Measuring Community Well-Being Using Google Searches And Twitter Posts - Lyle Ungar

• Transformative, Necessary, And Countercultural: Activating Character Strengths In Schools, Organizations And Communities - Jillian Coppley Darwish

Science & Practice

• Strengths Use in the Workplace: A Review and Research Agenda - Philippe Dubreuil
• Character Strengths Predict Academic Achievement, Positive Experiences, And Positive Relationships At School Above Intelligence And Big Five Personality Traits - Willibald Ruch
• The Language of Character Strengths: Predicting Positive Traits on Social Media - Dandan Pang
• Outcomes On Strengths And Well-Being Through Evaluative Inquiry And Intervention - Wanda Krause

Science & Practice

• Reinvigorating Gender Research Using A Positive Work And Organizations Perspective - Meg A Warren
• Deliberate Diversity In the Workplace - Chad Thomas
• The Spread Of Compassion In Healthcare: Social Network Analysis And Measuring The Systemic Impact Of An Intervention. - Sean A O'Connor

Elliot Cohen

Scarsdale Schools and Private Clinical Practice, USA

Shinichiro Matsuguma

University School of Medicine/Strength Association, Japan/Philippines

Dan Tomasulo

Columbia University, USA

Rebeeca Wilkinson

George Washington University, USA

Lyn Worsley

The Resilience Centre, Australia

Practice

• Positive Thinking; An Attempt To Develop A Spiritual Theoretical Model, A Positive Thinking Scale And A Positive Thinking Skills Training Package - Marjan Hassaniraad
• Has Positive Psychology Overlooked ‘Implicit Learning’ As An Implementation Method For PPI Delivery? - Ivan J Raymond
• Utilizing Positive Psychology Interventions within a Forensically Committed Seriously Mentally Ill Population  - Willow Saloum

Science 

• Crafting Passion into Work: A Cross-Cultural Test of Job Crafting as a Predictor of Work Passion and Employee Well-Being - Gavin R. Slemp
• Thriving Leaders: Job Crafting and Leader Autonomy Support Predict Basic Needs and Well-Being in Senior Organisational Leaders - Austin Chia
• Practicing What We Preach? How Job Crafting Strategies May Support Academics To Thrive - Maggie (Machteld) Van den Heuvel
• Carl Jung's Influence On Modern-Day Positive Organisational Psychology   - Maggie (Machteld) Van den Heuvel

Science

• When And For Whom Positive Illusion Matters: Wives’ Positive Illusions About Husbands’ Affective State During Conflict Compensate For Deficits In Empathic Accuracy - Jieni Zhou
• Exploring Emotions Associated With Transformative Meaningful Memorable And Ordinary Experiences - Brian J Hill
• Working Mechanisms In Positive Interventions: A Study Using Daily Assessment Of Positive Emotions. - Fabian Gander
• Feeling Loved: How Adolescents’ Daily Fluctuations In Feeling Loved Are Predicted By Parent-Reported Support And Conflict - John Coffey
• Emotional Well-Being Profile Of Iranian Adolescents - Naghmeh Taghva

Practice

• Do The Principles Of ‘PERMA’ Transcend Cultural Boundaries?  Lessons In Adapting Positive Psychology Programs With First Nations People. - Brad Desmond
• A Global Perspective On Women’s Well-Being, Thriving And Impact In Their Communities - Wanda Krause
• Growing Wellbeing Literacy At Scale In New Zealand - Using Population Health Approaches To Improve Psychosocial Wellbeing In A Bi-Cultural Context - Ciaran Fox
• Systems Informed Positive Psychology - Wellbeing Science For The Real World - Paige Williams
• How WEIRD Are Positive Psychology Interventions? - Tom Hendriks

Science

• Driving The Way We Live And Work - Evidence From Self-Report And Objective Driver Data - Robert B Isler
• Examining The Use Of Mindfulness And Meditation Training For Healthcare Professionals And Trainees: A Meta-Analysis Of RTCs - Christina Spinelli
• Development Of A Positive Psychology Intervention In Patients Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - Qualitative Research Phase - Lydia Brown
• How Do AI Summits Create Positive Disruptions To Help Systems Flourish? - Michelle McQuaid
• Wellbeing And Productivity Gains In A Correctional Services Workforce; A Systems Approach - Gabrielle Kelly

Practice

• If Camp Counselors Can Teach It… A Camp Director’s Insights Into Rapid-Training Positive Psychology Initiatives - Ken Schainman

Science

• Using Positive Psychology Theory And Research To Design And Evaluate Interventions - Stewart I Donaldson

• Thinking about the Future: Whether, When, Why, How, Who, What … and So What? - Roy F. Baumeister

• Wellbeing at Higher Education, The Tecmilenio´s Journey - Hector Escamilla
• George Mason University Evolving As A Model Well-Being University - Nance Lucas
• Transforming The Institution Through Positive Education - Pooja Anand
• How is the University of Melbourne Becoming a Positive University? - Lindsay Oades

• The Positive Humanities: Collaborating with the Arts and Humanities to Advance the Science and Evidence-Based Practice of Well-Being - James Pawelski

• What Are Waves Anyway? - Tim Lomas
• Were the Violins in Tune While the Titanic Was Sinking? Probing the Role of Positive Psychology in a Frightened, Perishing World - Michael Steger
• Positive Transformation Through Challenging Times - Itai Ivtzan
• The Overuse, Underuse, And Optimal-Use Of Strengths - Ryan M. Niemiec

International Perspectives on Positive Education

Positive education has evolved rapidly over the past decade. Educators wrestle with practical approaches to implement the science of positive psychology within the complexities of schools and classrooms. Exciting innovations are occurring worldwide. Spotlighting some of the rising star researchers, educators, and practitioners in this area, representatives from China, the UK, South Africa, Singapore, and Denmark will share their perspectives on positive education - including what it means, how it's implemented, and the impact it is having in their local contexts. This session provides an ongoing dialogue - begun at the IPPA World Congress 2017 - of how to best integrate positive psychology with education to create sustainable positive change across educational communities worldwide. 

Panel Members: Guang Zeng (China), Frederika Roberts (UK), Sean Abrahams (South Africa), Shaen Yeo (Singapore), and Louise Tidman (Denmark)

Science

• On The Relations Between Classical Parenting Styles, Strength-Based Parenting, And Children’s Character Strengths - Marco Weber
• Strength-Based Parenting: What We Know And What More We Need To Know - Lea Waters
• The Role of Strength Based Parenting: Mediating Between Children's Risk and Their Flourishing - Tammie Ronen
• Prevalence and Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth in Natural Disasters Survivors in Perú: The Moderating Role of Strength-based Parenting - Pamela P Nunez del Prado Chaves

Practice

• To What Extent Do Public And Independent Schools Need To Approach Positive Education Differently? - Dianne Vella-Brodrick
• What Is The Place Of Mindfulness And Contemplative Practices In Learning And Teaching? - Narelle S Lemon

Practice

• Scientific Advances In Positive Work And Organizations: A Conversation With The Leaders - Meg A Warren

Practice

• Strategic Conversation to Promote Meaningful Work as an OD Tool - Shizuka Modica
• Adding Value(S) At Work: How Applied Positive Organizational Psychology Can Help Organizations Do The Right Thing - Andrew Soren
• Staff Wellbeing - Being At Your Best! - David Kolpak

Practice

• The Virtual Gratitude Visit (VGV): Using Psychodrama, Role-Playing, and Storytelling as a Positive Intervention - Daniel Tomasulo

Practice

• Addressing Implicit Beliefs For Greater Gender Diversity At The Top - Homaira Kabir

• Engagement after Midlife: Lessons from Lives of Commitment - Jeanne Nakamura

• Developing a Middle East Positive Psychology - Louise Lambert, Zakeya Al Rasbi, Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi and Aziz Mulay-Shah

• Cross Cultural Encounters with Appreciative Inquiry and Positive Psychology - Diana Whitney

• Possibility of Positive Political Psychology - Masaya Kobayashi

• A diary study investigating the effects of focusing on perceptions of control and positive events on wellbeing. - Kate R Isherwood
• Loving-Kindness Meditation Slows Biological Aging in Novices: Evidence from a 12-week Randomized Controlled Trial. - Barbara L Fredrickson
• "Coping with my own way": Mediating roles of emotional expression and social support seeking in the associations between individual differences and posttraumatic growth - Jing JIA
• Broadening the understanding of resiliency in chronic pain - Emily J Bartley
• An Internet-based Positive Psychological Intervention for Hemodialysis Patients with Symptoms of Depression: Feasibility and Acceptability Testing - Rosalba Hernandez

Science

• Individual Relationships Counselling Effectiveness in an Australian Counselling Organisation - Yuan Cao
• Do We Really Know What Interventions Work For Which People? Exploring The Unintended, But Useful, Consequences Of Research Design In An Expressive Writing RCT. - Annalise M Roache
• The Impact Of Individual Wellbeing Levels On Positive Psychology Intervention Success. - Joep van Agteren
• Towards A Relational Process Of Healing From Sexual Abuse - Denise Dussert Chervellino
• Restoring Positive Affect after a Traumatic School Shooting Using Creative Arts Therapy: A Pilot Study - Alina Yarova

Practice

• The Influence of Organisational Factors on Employee Participation in Workplace Exercise Initiatives - Russell Wordsworth
• Advancing Positive Psychology and Health Through Cross-Discipline Collaboration - Liana Lianov
• A Conversation on the Application of Positive Psychology to Disability Contexts - Ryan Niemiec

Practice

• Positive Education in Practice – harnessing technology to conquer implementation barriers of cost and time. - Jacqui Francis
• The Effectiveness Of Motivational Interviewing To Support Plasma Glucose Control. In Type 2 Diabetes Patients   Study At General Hospitals In 5 Provinces Of Thailand - Terdsak Detkong
• Positive Education And The New Prosperity: Analysing Young People’s Conceptions Of Prosperity And Success.   - Kylie Trask-Kerr
• Are Positive Psychology Interventions Effective For High-Achieving And Low-Achieving Students? - Imelda Caleon
• Assessing Wellbeing in Education: Determining Value Added at Taipei European School - Sonya Papps

Science

• A Resilience-Based School Program In Five EU Countries Co-Creation And Regionalization Of The UPRIGHT Program (H2020) - Roxanna Morote Rios
• UPRIGHT Manual and Validation Phase - Nina Tange and Mette Ledertoug
• UPRIGHT Implementation and Valuation Approach - Carlota Las Hayas
• Development Of A New Tool To Assess Resilience At School Communities: The School Resilience Scale For Adults. - Roxanna Morote Rios

Science

• Creating And Measuring A Culture Of Mattering In A University Setting - Isaac Prilleltensky
• Introducing the Organizational Mattering Scale (OMS) - David B. Yaden
• The Importance Of Mattering For Healthcare Professionals - Julie Haizlip
• Work Namaste: The Importance Of Mattering At Work, And How A Leader Can Create An Environment Where Employees Feel They And Their Work Matter - Rebecca J Lamperski

Practice

• Strengths-Based Resilience: An Intervention to Cultivate Resilience with Culturally Diverse Students  - Tayyab Rashid

Practice

• The Power of HOPE: An Integrated Approach for Suicide Prevention and Intervention - Airan Yuan

• Positive Psychology in Indigenous Cultures - Kaiping Peng

This session is lead by the Chinese Positive Psychology Delegation