Introduction to Tools for Strengthening PERMA+4, Well-Being, and Positive Functioning

Introduction to Tools for Strengthening PERMA+4, Well-Being, and Positive Functioning

Introduction to Tools for Strengthening PERMA+4, Well-Being, and Positive Functioning (#306)

Stewart I. Donaldson ¹ , Jana Koci ²

Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, United States
Heath Education, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Seligman (2011) illustrated that well-being can actively be developed through pursuing five measurable building blocks - Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment - which he called PERMA. Donaldson et al. (2020) found empirical evidence supporting the addition of four more building blocks – physical health, mindset, environment, and economic security – which they called PERMA+4. Professors Stewart I. Donaldson and Jana Koci have developed practical evidence-based tools for assessing and strengthening PERMA+4, well-being, and positive functioning. These practical tools are being used for assessment, to guide evidence-based coaching practice, and to guide the design of positive psychology interventions (PPIs). In this workshop you will learn how to use these evidence-based tools to strengthen PERMA+4, well-being, and the positive functioning of diverse people you are serving, or desire to serve, in your positive psychology practice.

Donaldson, S. I., Heshmati, S., Young, J. Y., and Donaldson, S. I. (2020). Examining building blocks of wellbeing beyond PERMA and self-report bias. J. Posit. Psychol., 1–8. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2020.1818813

Seligman, M. E. (2011). Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Wellbeing. New York, NY. Simon and Schuster.

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Donaldson, S.I

Stewart I. Donaldson, PhD, is Distinguished University Professor and Executive Director of the Claremont Evaluation Center at Claremont Graduate University. He is deeply committed to improving lives through positive psychology research, intervention design, evaluation, and education. He is a Co-Founder of the first Ph.D. and research focused masters programs in positive psychology at Claremont Graduate University. He currently teaches, mentors, and employs numerous students specializing in positive psychology, positive organizational psychology, positive health and sports psychology, and evaluation science. Professor Donaldson serves on the Council of Advisors for the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), is Faculty Advisor for the Student Division of IPPA (SIPPA), served on the IPPA Board of Directors (2013-2017), and was Chair of IPPA’s World Congress of Positive Psychology in Los Angeles (2013). He has published numerous articles, chapters, and books on the science of positive psychology, evaluation, and applied research including his latest books Positive Organizational Psychology Interventions: Design and Evaluation (2021), Positive Psychological Science: Improving Everyday Life, Well-Being, Work, Education, and Societies Across the Globe (2020), Toward a Positive Psychology of Relationships (2018), Scientific Advances in Positive Psychology (2017), and Evaluation for an Equitable Society (2016). Professor Donaldson has also received a wide range of international, national, and regional career achievement awards including the 2019 IPPA Exemplary Research to Practice Award from the Work and Organizations Division, and the 2019 SIPPA Inspiring Mentor Award. Website: https://www.donaldsonandassociates.com/

Koci, J

Jana Koci, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Health and Well-being Education at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. She is a leading researcher and educator on building of academic well-being in her country and she wrote a book Well-being and Success for University Students: Applying PERMA+4. She teaches a popular Student Well-being class for Charles University students and also for students from European Universities off 4EU+ alliance. She organizes a research on students well-being at her university and her sincere care for her students is reflected in her excellent student evaluation. Jana graduated with the honours for outstanding academic achievements and she was honoured for outstanding young researcher contribution by the EFSA European Food Safety Authority committee in 2015. Jana is a visiting professor at Claremont Graduate University in California where she works on independent research in positive psychology and she also spent several semesters at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln designing a nutrition education program for Czech students. She earned her Ph.D. in Pedagogy with concentration in Health Education and she focuses her research on application of positive psychology into academic environment through building well-being of university students, professors and university employees. Jana leads a course on How to Build Well-being of University Students and she also strives to support well-being of teachers, professors and all academic personnel in her Well-being for Academics course. She is a member of Positive Education Consortium and she also enjoys writing books on well-being care for middle schools and high schools. She is a Co-Active well-being coach and founder of Uniwellsity. She deeply respects and appreciates the science of well-being, she enjoys working with her students and she cares for well-being of the whole academic community. Jana can be reached out at jana@uniwellsity.com.

Introduction to Tools for Strengthening PERMA+4, Well-Being, and Positive Functioning (#306)

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