Cool Topics 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology 2019

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

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

• 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

Practice

• The 10 Keys To Happier Living – An Evidence-Based Framework For Action That Has Inspired People Around The World  - Vanessa King

Science develops via lively empirical, conceptual, and cultural debates about particular literatures, and, in this spirit, the current symposium aims to highlight criticisms and appreciations of contemporary positive psychology from four perspectives. Tim Lomas is a lecturer in positive psychology and an author of Second Wave Positive Psychology: Embracing the Dark Side of Life. Judtih Moskowitz is a professor of medical social sciences and a prolific researcher investigating the role of positive emotion in assisting individuals suffering from medical illness. Neil Lutsky is a teacher of positive psychology emphasizing the strengths and shortcomings of the field on scientific grounds.

• Evaluating and communicating the science of positive psychology - Neil Lutsky
• Positive Psychological Interventions in the context of major life stress:  Avoiding Pollyanna - Judith Moskowitz
• The dynamics of second wave positive psychology - Tim Lomas

• Why We Should Make Less Effort To Be Happy: Mental Health, Letting Go And Redesigning PERMA (PERMA-Dual)   - Michaela Brohm-Badry

Science

• Distinguishing Microflow from Tedium and Leisure - Orin Davis
• Flow in the 3D Space of Optimality - Dmitry Leontiev
• Team Flow Climates Within Professional Organizations - Jef van den Hout
• Flow, Culture, And Psychological Well-Being: In What Situations Do Japanese College Students Experience Flow? - Kiyoshi Asakawa