Nature Exposure Achieves Comparable Health and Well-Being Improvements as Best Practice, Positive Psychology Interventions

Ecopsychology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dietlinde Heilmayr ◽  
Travis J. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Psychology Interventions ◽  
Health And Well Being

A positive psychology study and intervention on the well-being of French PhD students in biology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Marais ◽  
Rebecca Shankland ◽  
Pascale Haag ◽  
Robin Fiault ◽  
Bridget Juniper
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Large Fraction ◽  
Reference Sample ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Attrition Rates ◽  
Human Costs ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health And Well Being

In France, little data are available on mental health and well-being in academia, and nothing has been published about PhD students. From studies abroad, we know that doing a PhD is a difficult experience resulting in high attrition rates with significant financial and human costs. Here we focused on PhD students in biology at university Lyon 1. A first study aimed at measuring the mental health and well-being of PhD students using several generalist and PhD-specific tools. Our results on 136 participants showed that a large fraction of the PhD students experience abnormal levels of stress, depression and anxiety, and their mean well-being score is significantly lower than that of a British reference sample. French PhD student well-being is specifically affected by career uncertainty, perceived lack of progress in the PhD and perceived lack of competence, which points towards possible cultural differences of experiencing a PhD in France and the UK. In a second study, we carried out a positive psychology intervention. Comparing the scores of the test and control groups showed a clear effect of the intervention on reducing anxiety. We discuss our results and the possible future steps to improve French PhD students’ well-being.

scholarly journals Developing a best practice pathway to support improvements in Indigenous Australians’ mental health and well-being: a qualitative study: Figure 1

BMJ Open ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. e007938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachael Hinton ◽  
David J Kavanagh ◽  
Lesley Barclay ◽  
Richard Chenhall ◽  
Tricia Nagel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Health And Well Being

Stress and Burnout in Neurology

2020 ◽  
pp. 4-35
Author(s):  
Marsha W. Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Healthcare Crisis ◽  
Health And Well Being

Stress and burnout are epidemic in medicine in general and neurology in particular. This has resulted in a healthcare crisis because burned-out physicians are subject to multiple adverse personal outcomes and are more likely to make mistakes in their work. The seeds of this crisis are found in the earliest stages of medical education and acculturation. Resilience is produced by a set of cognitive skills that can be taught and nurtured, building on a strengths-based rather than a deficit-based approach. Positive health and well-being is built on positive affect, engagement, positive relationships, meaning, and accomplishment (PERMA for short) according to the formulation of Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology. PERMA and positive psychology form the framework for combating stress and burnout in neurology.

scholarly journals Impact of a School-Based Multicomponent Positive Psychology Intervention on Adolescents’ Time Attitudes: A Latent Transition Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Tejada-Gallardo ◽  
Ana Blasco-Belled ◽  
Carles Alsinet
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Latent Transition Analysis ◽  
Transition Analysis ◽  
Positive Psychology Interventions ◽  
School Based ◽  
Positive Psychology Intervention ◽  
Time Attitudes ◽  
Latent Transition

AbstractTime attitudes, which refer to positive and negative feelings towards the past, present, and future, are a salient phenomenon in the developmental stage of adolescence and have been related to better well-being. Positive feelings towards time can be promoted in the school setting through empirically validated positive psychology interventions. However, the extent to which these interventions impact the time attitudes of adolescents remains unknown. The current study investigated the influence of a multicomponent positive psychology intervention on adolescents’ transitions between time attitude profiles and how these transitions are related to their emotional, social, and psychological well-being. Participants consisted of 220 (M = 14.98; 47.3% female) adolescents from two Spanish high schools who participated in the six-week Get to Know Me+ program. Adolescents’ time attitudes and well-being were measured via the Adolescents and Adult Time Inventory–Time Attitudes and the Mental Health Continuum–Short Form, respectively, at pre- and postintervention. Participants were clustered in different profiles through a latent profile analysis, and the transitions were analyzed using a latent transition analysis. Five profiles were identified (negative, present/future negative, past negative, optimistic, and positive), and results indicated that adolescents who participated in the intervention were more likely to transition to positive profiles (optimistic and positive) and generally reported higher well-being, especially those in the negative, present/future negative, and optimistic profiles. Preliminary evidence showed that school-based multicomponent positive psychology interventions can have a positive impact on adolescents’ feelings towards time and well-being.

scholarly journals Fostering Positive Communities: A Scoping Review of Community-Level Positive Psychology Interventions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corentin Montiel ◽  
Stephanie Radziszewski ◽  
Isaac Prilleltensky ◽  
Janie Houle
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Positive Psychology Interventions ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Target Populations ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Group Outcomes

Historically, positive psychology research and practice have focused on studying and promoting well-being among individuals. While positive psychology interventions focusing on the well-being of communities and marginalized groups have recently been developed, studies reporting on their nature and characteristics are lacking. The aim of this paper is to examine the nature of community-level positive psychology interventions. It reviews the target populations, intervention modalities, objectives, and desired effects of 25 community-level positive psychology interventions found in 31 studies. This scoping review shows that community-level programs based on positive psychology vary greatly in all these aspects. However, most interventions are aimed at individual-level changes to achieve target group outcomes. Contextual issues such as social conditions, values, and fairness affecting well-being are rarely considered. Discrepancies between community-level positive psychology interventions and community psychology in terms of values and social change are discussed.

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