Friday, 21st July International Positive Psychology Association 8th IPPA World Congress 2023

Join lululemon ambassador Geoff Scoates for an easy run to start the day.  The runs will consist of an easy out and back route heading towards Stanley Park that caters to all levels, and will leave you feeling energized for the day ahead.   

Start you day with an experiential activity focused on character strengths and strengths spotting, led by Jillian Coppley. Take time to enjoy, energize, and connect (with yourself and others). In addition, you can prepare yourself for the deep learning and connecting of the day.

Hosted by the Spirituality/Meaning Division of IPPA.

• Flourishing and the Global Flourishing Study  - Tyler VanderWeele and Tmothy Lomas

• Positive Psychological Processes in Societal Contexts: Incorporating Structural Inequities and Culture in Studies of Social Connectedness and Physical Health - Barbara Fredrickson, Catherine Berman, Taylor West, Jieni Zhou and Ganga Bey
• The Impact of Psychological Safety and Anticipated Discrimination on the Emotional Quality of Social Interactions with Strangers and Acquaintances  - Catherine Berman
• How Economic Inequality and Socioeconomic Status Shape the Positive Emotional Quality of Community Social Interactions - Taylor West
• Does Culture Shape the Way Positive Emotions Resonate in Day-to-Day Interactions?: Testing Relational Mobility as a Mechanism  - Jieni Zhou
• Identity Vitality-Pathology theory: A novel theoretical framework outlining socially-informed identity antecedents to psychological predictors of health - Ganga Bey

• The mechanisms and benefits of flow in education, mental health, teamwork, and individual performance - Orin Davis, Jef van den Hout, Frans Andersen and Veronica Pirola

• The PRISM Powers: Thriving at Work in Uncertainty - Gabriella Kellerman and Martin Seligman

• 5 steps to discerning a calling or meaningful work - Bryan Dik and Michael F. Steger
• Meaningful Work: Enacting a Eudaimonic Vision - Andrew Soren

• Permission to Flourish: A week-long wellness retreat for Ukrainian refugees based on the PERMA + theory of well-being - Amit Oren

• Making positive psychology better - Aaron Jarden, Tim Lomas and Tayyab Rashid

• Character strengths use and development at work: New interventions and perspectives - Philippe Dubreuil, Claudia Harzer, Marc-Antoine Gradito-Dubord and Charles Martin-Krumm

POIC Finalists:

• Addressing Differential Attainment through a Positive Psychology Lens: Introduction of a Strengths-Based Inclusive Mentoring Workshop for Clinical Educational Supervisors by Pauline Grant, NHS Leadership Academy
• Ally-Up Virtual Training by Nohelia Argote, Alyssa Birnbaum, Fabiana Memmolo & Emily Zavala, Claremont Graduate University
• Helping the Helpers: Applying Positive Psychology to Boost the Mental Well-being of Crisis Line Volunteers by Olivér Lubics, Eötvös Loránd University

Expert Panel:

Gregory Hennessy, University of Oregon – Charles H. Lundquist College of Business

Chris Murchison, Murchison Consultant Group

• Courageous Leadership and Storytelling as a Gateway to Mental Health and Well-Being: Empowering Law Students as Healthy Future Leaders - Pearlette J Ramos, Kara Perry and Michael Kasdan

• Evaluation of a virtual group gratitude intervention for older adults - Mark S Rye
• Death anxiety among nurses: Role of gratitude and humility as buffers - Monika Srivastava

Followed by Q&A discussion

• Tired of hating?: Hierarchical world belief shares 20x more variance in conservatism than dangerous world belief, suggesting new avenues for political cooperation   - Jer Clifton
• The Rise of Positive Psychology Research in Engineering: Past, Present, & Future Opportunities - Julianna Gesun
• Lifestyle Medicine Pillars as predictors of psychological flourishing: How to practise Lifestyle Medicine Interventions to improve health and wellbeing. - Jolanta Burke

• The Future is Human - Sue Langley
• To boldly go! Positive psychology coaching for career transition and management in the VUCA world - Clive Leach

• Arts Engagement as a Social Determinant of Health: What is the Evidence? - Jill Sonke

• Positive Provocation: A Model for Positive Change  - Robert Biswas Diener

• Distress and Growth in the Black Community  - Devin A Noel-Harrison
• Does racial/ethnic identification buffer the relationship between financial hardship, hope, and life satisfaction? - Elizabeth Jennings
• Self-rated health and mortality: Racial differences in moderation by purpose in life - Elliot Friedman

• Understanding the dynamics of the meaning-making process in everyday life: contributions from intensive longitudinal studies - Michela Zambelli, Nicole Long Ki Fung and Yein Kim

• Conversation, relationships and human flourishing - Margarita Tarragona

• Applied Positive Psychology for the Masses: Increasing access to Research-Based Resources - Jared S Warren, Jeremy Bekker, Katelyn Jackman and Gus Salazar

Two presentations by Division award winners (Research & Practice)

“The healing power of smiling”
Sara Pressman, PhD
2023 Contributions in Positive Health and Wellbeing Award 

"It Made A Difference for That One" 
Karen Garman, MAAP, EdD
2023 Positive Health and Wellbeing Practitioner Award

• 10 minutes a day: How much mindfulness meditation do we need? - Peter Malinowski
• Spiritual exemplar: An archetype of multifaceted wholeness  - Amir Freimann
• Teaching mindfulness in Western educational contexts: rethinking the debate of personal practice - Narelle Lemon
• Purpose, Coherence, and Significance: The Three Dimensional Meaning in Life Scale (3DM) - Michael Steger
• A community of practice designed to increase belonging, connection, learning, and collaboration - Liz Corcoran

• Integrating positive psychology and autism intervention: Results of a pilot study - Avery Bell and Anelyse Porreca
• How simple can this be? How to turn messy theories into sticky, effective positive psychology practices - Sherri Fisher
• Integrating Positive Psychotherapy in Established Clinical Practice - Elliot J Cohen
• Postnatal thriving: integrating positive psychology with antenatal and early parenting education to build flourishing families - Caroline Zavolokin
• Could a focus on wellbeing be a ‘course corrector’ for workplace gender equality initiatives? Case study: Mid-tier Australasian professional services firm 2018-2022 - Angelina Eynon

• FIRECARE, COCARE, EMCARE : 3 interventions based on mindfulness, cardiac coherence and positive psychology experienced by the medical rescue team, the emergency dispatchers and the firefighters in command of the Paris fire brigade to improve stress management, emotions, resilience and leadership. - Louise Giaume and Adrien Jimenez

• Cultivating Awareness and Resilience In Education (CARE) for educators- A mindfulness-based professional development program aimed at improving wellbeing in schools - Sebrina L Doyle Fosco
• Using a hierarchical, ipsative, preference method (HIP) to identify and explore core values - Harold Stanislaw and Jamie McCreary

Speaker: Shigehiro Oishi

• A psychologically rich life: Beyond happiness and meaning. - Shigehiro Oishi

• Group coaching impact: Evidence from across the world - Maria V Feddeck, Stephanie McCarthy and Ana Paula Nacif

• Strengths-Based Resilience: A Cross-cultural Approach to Foster Resilience Among Communities Experiencing Adversity & Trauma - Tayyab Rashid, Jane Gillham and Afroze Anjum

• Practicing the Positive Humanities:  How Music and Theater Interventions Can Bolster Confidence, Connection, and Subjective Well-Being - Shannon Polly, Tricia Fox Ransom and Paula Toledo

• Psychological well-being and physical health in the context of our rapidly aging world - Eric Kim

• What’s the difference between wellbeing, quality of life, resilience, and coping? An umbrella review and concept map of 155 measures of positive mental health. - Matthew Iasiello
• Inspirational bullshit: The good, the bad, and the vacuous - Esther Abel
• Positive psychology’s biggest mistake - Aaron Jarden
• When is helping fulfilling? Types of helping behavior and the role of identity  - Rachel Baumsteiger

Speakers:

• Dr Dan Tomosulo
• Dr Naghmeh Taghva
• Dr Lorraine Gahles-Kildow

In this symposium, three members of IPPA´s Clinical Division will present examples of how they apply positive psychology in their work with clients in different contexts. Join us to learn about state of the art positive psychology practices in psychotherapy!

• Relationship Flourishing: From Dyadic Coping to Dyadic Actualization - Cagla Sanri
• The Impact of Flow Proneness on Relatedness in Daily Life - Ajit S Mann
• Expanding your horizons: The role of disclosure of personal growth in shaping relationship quality - Cheryl Harasymchuk

• Authenticity in action - Vinesh Sukumaran
• Cascading a Culture of Well-Being: A synthesized practice of leadership coaching, well-being training, and experiential curriculum for early education - Megan Gilmore
• How Do I Measure My Work? - Jaclyn Gaffaney and Vicki Cabrera
• Circles of Light: Shine a Spotlight on Teacher Well-Being - Carol Radford
• Exploration of resilience in post-secondary student leaders  - Jodi Basch

• Global impact of the school-based Check-In, Check-Out intervention: Lessons from around the world - Leanne Hawken
• FunMax: Creating a culture of play at college - Max Beers
• How parental beliefs about school can potentially influence student engagement - Charmaine Skepasts
• A Lone (wellbeing) Ranger in an American Public School: Supporting adolescent wellbeing and resilience using frameworks to select activities and measure outcomes. - Virginia U. Millar
• Mental health challenges, internalizing and externalizing behavior problems,academic challenges among adolescents from a broken family. - Fadzai FM Munyuki
• Art experiences and well-being - Claudia Tordini
• Research quality well-being measurement should be accessible to everyone! - Melanie J Weir
• Like an echo in the forest: sense of belonging and kinship in a K-Pop fandom - Eylin Palamaro-Munsell
• Media and Mindfulness: Teens mindful social media use and mental health outcomes - Chenae Duerden
• ‘When you give kindness out, you get it back ten times more’: Ontario adults’ prosocial behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic - Katie J Shillington

• Positive Health Coaching: A New, Dialogic Approach to Integrating Coaching and Positive Psychology to Support Human Flourishing - Christian J van Nieuwerburgh
• Connection, hope, and healing: positive practices to support healthcare professionals’ resilience after operating room crises - Kelcey Stratton

• Flow as a key resource for individual and societal development - Antonella Delle Fave, Dwight Tse, Birte Thissen, Cedomir Ignjatovic, Peggy Kern and Amy Isham
• Flow and Personality Research: Challenges and potential directions - Dwight Tse
• Flow in the Arts and in Art Reception - Birte Thissen
• Flow 2.0: Vital engagement and optimal development across the lifespan - Cedomir Ignjatovic
• Flow as a force for good: Can flow experiences help deliver sustainable prosperity? - Amy Isham

• Positive higher education: Challenges and opportunities   - Maggie Y. Zhao, Grace X. Zhao and Heidi K Brown

• What Have We Learned About Building Blocks of Well-Being & Positive Functioning?: Empirical Findings and Practical Evidence-Based Applications - Stewart Donaldson

• New Research on the Cultivation, Causes, and Consequences of Gratitude - Don E. Davis, Philip Watkins and Giacomo Bono

• Resilience, Growth and Purpose instead of Silence and Submission: Cross-cultural Narratives of Posttraumatic Growth of Three Muslim Women  - Tayyab Rashid and Ruba Nawaz

Sarah Dakkar: Dutch Moroccan Survival of terrific trauma and a model of PTG
Nadia Jamil: A Pakistani British Actress who weaved her struggle into meaning and purpose
Moon Ali: A transfemale from Pakistan who has led changes in country’s law

• From unrealistic to functional optimism: results in 10 countries. - Raquel Rodríguez-Carvajal
• Cultural relevance of character strengths in Eurasia: Making science of strengths less WEIRD - Tahira Mubashar
• Characterizing Cultures of Mattering in Academic Healthcare - Julie Haizlip
• Cultural Differences in Posttraumatic Growth among Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers - Yoonji Kim

• RCSI Coach Connect: Delivering Coaching to Healthcare Professionals via an Online Digital Health Platform - Padraic J Dunne
• Factors associated with teacher wellbeing: A meta-analysis - Sijing Zhou
• Hope as a protective factor against burnout in a human service organization. - Chris Freeze

Facilitated by the Spirituality & Meaning Division of IPPA

• Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice: Positive Psychology’s Best-Kept Secret? - Ryan Niemiec
• MBSP is superior to the most popular mindfulness program across well-being areas - Lucas Monzani
• Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice (MBSP) boosts the 24 character strengths, including spirituality. - Dandan Pang
• MBSP can be applied to the entire university community with 60,000 students - Masaya Okamoto
• MBSP is a value-add when embedded within a graduate program: Observations and early results - Peter Malinowski

• The yin–yang correlates of gratitude: An experimental study to nurture gratitude in the corporate culture - Muhammad Kashif Fida
• Work-related posttraumatic growth among adults maltreated as children - Tamar Icekson
• The Longitudinal Link between Organizational Citizenship Behaviors and Three Different Models of Happiness - Wenceslao W Unanue

• Beyond Healing: Coaching & Psychedelics? - Yannick Jacob
• Rooted in Resilience:  A Framework for the Integration of Well-being into Teacher Education Programs - Jessie Spurgeon and Lauren Thompson

• Happy all the time: exploring well-being outcomes of high, stable happiness - Abigail P Blyler
• Efficacy of two nature-based Positive Psychology Interventions compared to “Three Good Things” - Holli-Anne Passmore
• Wellbeing at Your Doorstep: A nearby nature-awareness walking program - Otis Geddes
• Connecting by water: An exploration of structured surfing lessons, middle-aged women and wellbeing - Krista Barry
• Nature experiences are often drawn upon to recount times of eudaimonic well-being - Sarena Sabine
• Place attachment fosters meaning in ecologically valid settings - Ashley N Krause

• Growing a Friendship Garden: Cross-Cultural Relational Wellbeing Through Nature Connection For Migrant Women in Melbourne, Australia. - Lisa M Barker
• What’s a Friendship Fire? How Kid-Friendly Language can Support Students in Developing Healthy Friendships. - Dana Kerford and Tyson Greenwood

• Top Scientists in the Journal of Positive Psychology: ‘Ask Me Anything’ Panel - Lea Waters, Barbara Fredrickson, Tim Lomas, Michael Steger, Ryan Niemiec, Mathew White and Alejandro Adler

•    Is there a magic bullet for achieving my business goals?:  Application of character strengths in goal pursuit for business professionals. - Manoj Nigam
• Could a focus on wellbeing be a ‘course corrector’ for workplace gender equality initiatives? Case study: Mid-tier Australasian professional services firm 2018-2022 - Angelina Eynon
• The entrepreneur model for flourishing - A model designed to keep entrepreneurs engaged, committed, and flourishing throughout their entrepreneurial journey - Aaron Marcum
• Rebuilding wellbeing in small business and community groups post pandemic lockdowns - Chris Gildersleeve
• Group Coaching: Fostering connection and belonging - Stephanie McCarthy

• Well-Being, Vitality, & Positive Functioning at Work: Empirical Findings and Conceptual Advances - Jamie Shapiro, Stewart Donaldson and Vicki Cabrera

SIPPA initiated a mentoring program for the World Conference. Many thanks to all of you who registered either as a mentor or as a mentee. We will email you your matches in advance of the conference so you may get in contact in preparation for this session.  This session aims to provide you with an opportunity to meet in-person during the conference.

In addition, we invite all students and professionals (researchers and practitioners) who are looking for an opportunity to connect with students to join this session. As a student, you will have the chance to ask whatever questions comes to your mind. As a professional, you can help the next generation by answering these questions, giving advice, or simply sharing stories about your own careers.

If you would like to learn more about SIPPA or get involved, feel free to reach out to studentsofippa@gmail.com.

Patricia Groß, Osnabrück University, Germany, pagross@uni-osnabrueck.de 

Patricia Gross is the current President of the Student Division of the IPPA (SIPPA). Most recently in this role, she created the mentoring programme, which will unroll at this year’s World Congress. Prior to her role as SIPPA President, she acted as SIPPA’s Professional Development Lead where her remits included organizing student development series, moderating a panel discussion at IPPA's Idea Starter Symposium, and more. In addition to her involvement with IPPA, she also co-leads a local group of Effective Altruism (EA). Participating in these communities empowers her to apply a scientific way of thinking to contribute to a better world.

Patricia is studying Cognitive Science at the University of Osnabrück in Germany. This gives her an interdisciplinary background including psychology, neurobiology, philosophy, and computer science, and enables her to explore wellbeing from a variety of perspectives. Her academic studies expose her to a myriad of methodological skills including data analysis, use of online survey tools, coding, app development, and more. She is interested in both gaining further insights into wellbeing and promoting these insights beyond academia.

To be able to conduct her bachelor's thesis in the realm of positive psychology, she moved temporarily to Norway to work at the intersection of psychology and philosophy under the supervision of Professor Joar Vittersø (social psychology). Patricia investigated the relationship between virtues and wellbeing – specifically, how wisdom interferes with eudaimonic and hedonic aspects respectively. She also recently worked as a research assistant for Professor Johannes Hirata (Business Ethics) on a project investigating the influence of relative effects on life satisfaction. The results will be presented at the 21st International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) Conference in Rotterdam in August 2023.

Patricia is open-minded about her future career path and is interested in available internship and thesis opportunities to gain further experience in how a positive psychology inspired mindset can help make the world a better place.

• Gratitude improves parents' well-being and family functioning - Katherine Nelson-Coffey
• Moderating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children's and Adolescents' Mental Health and Addictive Behaviors: A Positive Psychology School Program - Anat Shoshani
• Brief online PPIs for primary school students – using physiological measures of efficacy and considering the mechanisms for success. - Jacqui Francis
• Parents’ mindful awareness for positive parenting and family interactions: Disentangling direct and indirect links - Hali Kil

• The devil is in the detail. Why cognitive and affective antecedents matter in wellbeing outcomes associated with prosocial behaviour. - Andy Skidmore
• A chicken and egg situation: Character strengths, PERMA+4, and life satisfaction in a large international sample of workers - Nicole Casali
• Predictability of strengths, Big Five and situational factors toward local and global SWBs - Kazuya Horike

• Strengths-based Student Coaching: creating a culture in which students will apply and leverage their strengths - Kate Wilkie and Kasey Lloyd
• How to create local experts in school-based positive psychology interventions through ongoing coaching - Sarah Fefer and Emily Barry

• The journey of Positive Education in Chile - Paulina Ortiz
• Cultural Adaptation of a Multicomponent Positive Psychology Intervention for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Middle School Students - Kai Zhuang Shum and Jacqueline Blass
• The effectiveness of a subscription mental fitness program for Korean workers - Junghyo Park
• A survey of wellbeing aspects among Iranian adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic - Naghmeh NT Taghva

• Innate health: A novel examination of what explains well-being, prosocial behavior, and aggression among men living in a UK prison - Jeanne Catherine
• Psychological growth during the war: Ukrainian experience - Ganna O. Naydonova
• How Positive Psychology Saved My Life - Lorena Krasnai (Caprar)
• About insanity & sanity: how our worst experiences might advance our collective knowledge - Gesa Christin Mey
• Individual experience of basic human needs satisfaction in times of lockdown - findings and implications for policy and teaching - Michaela Brohm-Badry
• Professional quality of life and psychological well-being for intensive care health professionals: Compassion satisfaction, resilience, and passion for work - Supan Mrs Unjai
• The influence of positive affect on satisfaction evaluation: Examining the short-term and long-term effect of the Peak-End rule. - Yi-Chen Lee
• “I didn’t talk to anybody”: An ethnography of basketball as a communicative act of resilience - Matthew C Higgins
• Resilience isn’t enough: An investigation into the relationship between resilience and thriving at work - Rosie Hancock
• Are Indian expatriates flourishing in the post pandemic era? An exploratory study. - Raina Chhajer

• Are your good intentions sabotaging your relationship?    - Suzie Pileggi Pawelski and James Pawelski
• Wellbeing for Breakfast - Marnie Thomas

• Exploring the link between adolescent screen time, digital media use frequency, and subjective well-being across 45 nations - Wondimu Ahmed
• Chris Madsen (1851-1944), a flamboyant Danish American, who made it from 'rags to riches' - but how was his character and his motivation? - Frans Andersen
• Facilitating Character Growth through Refugee Simulations - Amy M. Anderson
• Character strengths and well-being among older adults in east Asia: study 1 with data from Japan   - Tazuko Aoki
• Well-being beliefs predict prosocial spending: A brief replication report - Carley Aquin
• A program aiming to enhance personal resources and well-being - Aleksis Aronen
• The IWH-BEAT Questionnaire Validation - Rosalinda Ballesteros
• Inquiring for wellbeing at universities: An Appreciative Inquiry application into discovering a Wellbeing ecosystem. - Rosalinda Ballesteros
• Distress, wellbeing and coping amongst migrant domestic workers in Singapore: A thematic analysis  - Joanna Barlas
• Boosting resilience in older adults: Pilot trial of a positive psychology telehealth intervention for chronic low back pain - Emily J Bartley
• Examining patterns of physiological stress reactivity and recovery in chronic pain: Relations between psychological markers of risk and resilience  - Emily J Bartley
• The effects of HeartMath heart lock-in on elementary students’ HRV and self-reported emotion-regulation skills - Anomi G Bearden
• The happy learner: Effects of academic boredom, burnout, and engagement - Christiaan I Bekker
• Think like a superhero - Luiza Belkova
• The OWL wellbeing measure adaptation to the educational path analysis - Anna Belykh
• Insights on personal growth of successful university students and teachers: character strengths and wellbeing dynamics amid the pandemic - Anna Belykh
• Healthy eating as potential mediator of the relationship between sense of purpose in life and better nutritional status in US and Chilean adults - Loni Berkowitz
• Military Spouses Strengths and Resources - Stephen Bowles
• Leveraging Positive Psychology practices to elevate the impact of Check-In, Check-Out in schools - Kimberli Breen
• A school-based intervention to promote positive youth development: A pilot experimental study in  New Zealand Aotearoa - Adrienne P Buckingham
• New positive psychology and health interventions: Exploring over 100 research-based tools that improve positive psychological and physiological outcomes - Jolanta Burke
• The Sustained Wellbeing Model: Insights from the MAPP alumni on how to sustain wellbeing. - Jolanta Burke
• Compassion fatigue and wellbeing: Exploring the correlations and implications for professions with a high prevalence of compassion fatigue - Jolanta Burke
• Practice makes purpose: A pilot study of how an online purpose intervention affects well-being - Emelia Call-Tadje
• Do discrimination and resilience impact positive psychological factors in alcohol recovery? A latent profile analysis - Hannah A. Carlon
• With-in Child Protective Factors Among Rural Head Start Children - Christin Carotta
• Do Mindfulness Interventions Help Higher Education Students To Flourish - Tammy L Casselson
• The impact of religous and spiritual affiliations on levels of well-being, anxiety, and depression during the on-set of Covid restrictions. - Jeanne Catherine
• Introducing micro-phenomenology: Learn how this rigorous interview technique can be applied to uncover common subjective structures of key constructs in positive psychology.   - Jeanne L Catherine
• Protective factors for mental health during the Covid-19 crisis: a cross-national study in the Czech Republic, Germany, and Switzerland - Kristýna Cetkovská
• Investigating the relations of the Six Self-Compassion Components with academic stress across Chinese primary, secondary, and university students in Hong Kong - Chi-Keung (Alex) Chan
• Organizational practices and identity threat: Understanding suffering in contemporary organizations - Angela P. Chen
• Look at me! Behavioral patterns of HFA individuals performing an assembly task: an observational study - Mattia Chiappini
• Leisure activity, leisure satisfaction, and hedonic and eudaimonic well-being among older adults with cancer experience - Sanghee Chun
• Covid-19 & mental health: a European comparative study on the well-being of frontline workers - Marie Clergeau
• Using the funnel of optimal functioning as a framework for coach skill development. - Elaine Cook and Joanne Maxwell
• Individuation predicts moral identity, religious centrality, and identity achievement - Claire Crafts
•  Fostering adolescent well-being through nature connectedness - Libby Dalrymple and Vicky Boomgaardt
• Comparing the effects of awe and mindfulness on stress and rumination - Truc Anh Dao
• Through Seligman’s lenses: creating a culture of well-being in higher-education - Neeru Deep
• Gratitude training for promoting subjective well-being: Comparing journaling to a personalized menu approach  - Conner L Deichman
• The petri dish: What grew from a positive psychology classroom - Kimberly Dickman
• Hold me: A call for touch in positive psychology - Kimberly Dickman
• Examining the relationship between experience perceptions, reflection, and social connection - Mat D Duerden
• Student perceptions of participating in a mindfulness-based program in school: A photovoice-informed case study - Lisa Armstrong and Shannah Dutrisac
• The effectiveness of Online Hypnotic Guided Imagery (HGI) intervention techniques and energy meters (psychophysiology) on the quality of life and subjective well-being of Diabetic patients type II   - Nurlaila NL Effendy
• Uncovering hidden strengths at work.  - Duncan Ferguson
• Losing weight with well-being - an online intervention based on positive psychology for women - Marta Fonseca
• Organizations as agents for well-being: how an organizational orientation to “do good” could lead to flourishing - Andrew S Frick
• Sunny skies ahead? Climate concern moderates the relationship between dispositional hope and hope about climate change among young adults - Veronica Fruiht
• Designing Positive Engineering Education (PE²) - Jun Fudano
• The broaden and build effects of a positive psychology clinical peer group - Lorraine Gahles-Kildow, PhD
• Linking talent management and positive organizational phenomena to employee’s attitudes and behavior: a multilevel mediation model - Daniel Gajda
• Implications of organizational mindfulness: examining the effects of mindful organizing on employees’ attitudes and behavior at work - Daniel Gajda
• Happytalism. A new paradigm for all beings flourishing.  - Luis Gallardo
• The power of the student voice - moving from rhetoric to reality - Laura Garrison-Brook
• Self-ratings of character strengths in youth on the autism spectrum compared to neurotypical peers  - Helen M Genova
• Validity Evidence of the Brazilian Positive Education Program: online and face-to-face format - Claudia Giacomoni
• Novel ways for using art-based interventions to enhance wellbeing: Insights from alumni of positive psychology programmes - Andrea Giraldez-Hayes
• Need satisfaction in PDA-related memories as a predictor of LGBTQ+ well-being - Courtney A. Gosselin
• Well-being and psychological capital of novice teachers in French-speaking Belgium. - Nancy Goyette
• Teacher well-being and the Covid-19 pandemic : quantitative and qualitative surveys in French-speaking Belgium - Nancy NG Goyette
• Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale: Testing the measurement invariance of a 12-item version across regions and translations  - Joline Guitard
• Evaluation of the jobcrafting intervention as a vector of performance and well-being at work - Céline CH HACHET
• Effects of well-being dialogue cards - Mayumi Hamada
• Resilience isn’t enough: An investigation into the relationship between resilience and thriving at work - Rosie Hancock
•   Hope for regeneration: Fostering positive development and civic engagement in young New Zealanders - Jill Hayhurst
• Integrating wellbeing and neurosurgical practice to improve patient outcomes after chronic subdural haematoma: A rapid review with evidence mapping - Maria J Hennessy
• The Butterfly Effect:  A case study using process-based therapy to improve wellbeing - Maria Hennessy and Joanna Barlas
• The lived experiences of Stigma in non -offending pedophiles - Gracie McAndrew
• Medical students’ health and the COVID-19 pandemic - impairment or opportunity?   - Stefan Höfer
• Shining light on the dark side of flow-state - Brent Hogarth
• Approaching strengths from a beginner's mind - Mark Hopper
• Psychological flexibility and the Eudaimonic Activity Model - Andrew J. Howell
• How does less-self benefit: Mediating paths of decentering to psychological adaptation - Chin-Lan Huang
• Goal clarity, self-efficacy, and stress - Evaluation of a positive-psychological intervention for nursing professionals. - Sascha Huegel
• Investigating the dual-continua model of mental health; assessment of mental wellbeing in the context of psychological distress - Matthew Iasiello
• Does older employees’ motivation decline with age? An examination of subjective views of aging and psychological barriers - Hiroshi Ikeda
• Relationship between character strengths and well-being in primary school children: Mediating effects of health behaviors - Tomoya Imura
• Pilot study for examining an online introductory mindfulness course to improve well-being in K-12 teachers - Katelyn N Jackman
• The Sparkling Moment – Practical Positive Psychology In A Short Single Conversation   - Paul Z Jackson
• Work wellbeing as a pathway to retaining nurses: A qualitative descriptive study of nurses who resigned during COVID-19. - Rebecca J Jarden
• Exploring serious games for school mental health programs - Sneha John
• "There's gold in them thar hills!" using the alchemy of powerful questions to transform organizational dross into gold - Robin Johnson
• Positive identity in Japan: structural equation modeling of youth strengths and dimensions of identity development with emerging and established adults - Russell S Kabir
• Coping with the Unforeseen: character strengths and well-being difference in parents with healthy children and parents of children with a life-altering diagnosis - Rabiya Karamali
• The Burnout Paradox: new approaches from the field of positive psychology  - Helen Kaye
• How to Thrive: the combination of film and Positive Psychology to positively change people’s lives - Annick Janson
• A scoping review of sustainable well-being education - Bryce klingonsmith
• How to Teach Inquiry and Positive Psychology for High Schoolers - Morgan Kneider Patterson
• How to build well-being and success in university and college students: design, valisation and results of 12 weeks long well-being intervention.  - Jana Koci
• An exploration of at-risk youth's resilience within the context of a correctional centre in Eswatini. - Vicki Koen
• An exploration and description of experiences of at-risk youth in a correctional centre in Eswatini regarding a resilience intervention programme.  - Vicki Koen
• The association between place attachment and meaning in experimental settings - Ashley Krause
• The impact of servant leadership on leaders' behavior using Mandala Charts -Based on a real case study in a company-  - Shiko Kuriahra
• The impact of changing the "Nursing Care Hula Dance" from offline to online, which can improve rehabilitation and well-being effectiveness - practice as a countermeasure to COVID-19- - Shiko Kurihara
• The impact of one-on-one dialogue using a bonfire on well-being -Based on organizational practice and research- - Shiko Kurihara
• Exploring Well-Being Capacity in Teacher Education Programs across Canada - Benjamin Kutsyuruba
• A pilot study of examining the mediating role of resilience in the association between zest for life and grit among Chinese university students   - Kelly Ka Lai Lam
• Introducing two new mental fitness, resiliency, and positive leadership questionnaires for sports teams - Robert Laurie
• Understanding positive criminology among law enforcement officers - Chi-Ching Leung
• Dare to hope: from hopelessness to hopefulness - Sarah Lewis
• Character strengths and well-being among older adults in East Asia: Study 2 with data from China - Tazuko Aoki
• Efficacy of an online mindfulness training for youth: A pilot study - Gus Salazar
• Relationship between character strengths, objective physical fitness, and physical activity in primary school children - Kensaku Sasayama
• Investigating the relationship between flow state and student motivation and student performance. A meta-analysis. - Dwight Tse
• The role of flow and media multitasking for problematic smartphone use - Lea-Christin Wickord

Join Lululemon for a gentle guided 30 minute yoga flow in the Rest & Recharge area in the Atrium Foyer. Note spaces are limited. 

Wrap up your day with a 30-minute yoga practice led by lululemon ambassador Christie Baumgartner.  The class will cater to all different levels.  Mats are provided.

Calming our nervous system is absolutely essential in the modern world. 
Qi Gong is an ancient and highly effective way to do this each day. 
For close to five thousand years, Qi Gong has been a foundational pillar of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Qi means energy or life force. Gong means steady practice or cultivation.  Qi Gong is an embodied way of being.

As much as possible, we want to align ourselves with the pace of nature in order to stay in homeostasis. 
Qi Gong is a series of slow, intentional standing forms derived from observing, and being one with nature. 
Done in a standing position, it connects mind, body and breath in deliberate, differentiated movement. 
Qi Gong is highly accessible to all people of all ages and abilities.

Lisa Barker is an accredited Qi Gong Instructor and Positive Psychology Practitioner based in Melbourne Australia. 

• Compassion: Neurobiology, Applications, and Global Implications - Rick Hanson, Tania Singer, James Kirby and Mamphela Ramphele

Join us at the Polygon Gallery for a night of great food and drink, socialising, and fun in this unique and iconic Vancouver gallery! 

Address: 101 Carrie Cates Ct, North Vancouver, BC V7M 3J4, Canada
Getting there: You can take the short 12 minute Sea Bus ride across the water from the Waterfront terminal to Lonsdale Quay. For more information click here. 

View renowned contemporary artist Jeremy Shaw’s largest exhibition Phase Shifting Index as it makes its North American debut at the gallery!

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