ReviewFrontiers in psychology2016
Contextual Positive Psychology: Policy Recommendations for Implementing Positive Psychology into Schools.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Application of Positive Psychology in Digital Interventions for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of primary school teachers' wellbeing: room for a holistic approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- The effects of positive psychology and physical activity on depression, anxiety, and stress among students with premenstrual syndrome: a single-blind, randomized controlled trial.BMC women's health · 2024Trial
- Do Two Weeks in a Learning Camp after Ninth Grade Make a Difference? Experiences of Demotivated Boys with an Increased Risk of School Dropout.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Subjective social status and well-being of adolescents and young adults in Ghanaian schools: conditional process analysis.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Australian School Staff and Allied Health Professional Perspectives of Mental Health Literacy in Schools: a Mixed Methods Study.Educational psychology review · 2023Article
- The positive education of challenge: innovative integration of challenge based learning and positive education.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Theoretical Basis for a Group Intervention Aimed at Preventing High School Dropout: The Case of 'Guttas Campus'.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Identity Vitality-Pathology model: A novel theoretical framework proposing "identity state" as a modulator of the pathways from structural to health inequity.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- An Innovative Model of Positive Education with Traditional Chinese Moral Values: An Evaluation of Project Bridge.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Rumination and "hot" executive function of middle school students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A moderated mediation model of depression and mindfulness.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- The development of positive education combined with online learning: Based on theories and practices.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- The Proactive-Reactive Resilience as a Mediational Variable Between the Character Strength and the Flourishing in Undergraduate Students.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Editorial: Positive Educational Approaches to Teaching Effectiveness and Student Well-being: Contemporary Approaches and Guidelines.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The Effect of Positive Psychology Intervention on EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension.Journal of psycholinguistic research · 2021Article
- Reducing drug-use harms among higher education students: MyUSE contextual-behaviour change digital intervention development using the Behaviour Change Wheel.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
- Tracing the Growth, Gaps, and Characteristics in Positive Education Science: A Long-Term, Large-Scale Review of the Field.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Toward a Unified Framework for Positive Psychology Interventions: Evidence-Based Processes of Change in Coaching, Prevention, and Training.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
- The Impact of Psychological Resources on Body Mass Index in Obesity Surgery Candidates.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
There has been a rapid growth in positive psychology, a research and intervention approach that focuses on promoting optimal functioning and well-being. Positive psychology interventions are now making their way into classrooms all over the world. However, positive psychology has been criticized for being decontextualized and coercive, and for putting an excessive emphasis on positive states, whilst failing to adequately consider negative experiences. Given this, how should policy be used to regulate and evaluate these interventions? We review evidence that suggests these criticisms may be valid, but only for those interventions that focus almost exclusively on changing the content of people's inner experience (e.g., make it more positive) and personality (improving character strength), and overemphasize the idea that inner experience causes action. We describe a contextualized form of positive psychology that not only deals with the criticisms, but also has clear policy implications for how to best implement and evaluate positive education programs so that they do not do more harm than good.
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