IPPA WC 2023 New positive psychology and health interventions: Exploring over 100 research-based tools that improve positive psychological and physiological outcomes (#634)
Background
What differentiates Positive Psychology Interventions (PPIs) from other psychological interventions is their focus on enhancing wellbeing and assessing positive outcomes. Due to the scarcity of PPIs, Pawelski (2020) encouraged researchers to create and evaluate new PPIs.
Aims
Instead of developing new interventions, this research aimed to identify alternative interventions that can be used to enhance wellbeing.
Method
Reviewing the literature to identify interventions showing evidence of positive psychological and physiological outcomes.
Results
We listed over 100 tools related to sleep, bibliotherapy, prospecting, nutrition and other concepts that are usually not listed as PPIs.
Conclusion
Instead of creating new interventions, it is important to review the existing ones across psychological and medical research and ensure we have evidence of their impact on positive psychological and physiological outcomes.
- Burke, J., Dunne, P.J., Meehan, T., O'Boyle, C., & van Nieuwerburgh, C. (2023). Positive health: 100+ research-based positive psychology and lifestyle medicine tools to enhance your wellbeing. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
- Pawelski, J. O. (2020). The elements model: Toward a new generation of positive psychology interventions. The Journal of Positive Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1789710
- Please select up to 3 keywords from the following list to best describe your submission content: Coaching, Health and Medicine, Interdisciplinarity
