Psychology: Research and Review
Table 1 Well-being and personal development program: summary of sessions
From: Design and evaluation of a positive intervention to cultivate mental health: preliminary findings
Session title | Main topics | Homework assignment |
|---|---|---|
Well-being and personal development | Expectation, norms and commitments Personal beliefs about happiness, well-being and personal development Well-being incremental mind-set | Identifying a personal source of well-being |
Positive emotions | Positive and negative emotions Functionality of positive emotions Strategies to cultivate positive emotions | Three good things |
Personal and social gratitude | Meaning of gratitude Gratitude to society Planning the gratitude letter and visit | Thanks Europe! Gratitude letter and visit |
Personal strengths | Personal strengths: insights and VIA test | Checking my strengths with significant others |
Meaning and purpose in life | Diversity of meanings and purposes Reflection on personal life meaning | Taking meaningful pictures |
Best possible self and world | Imagery of best professional future self Subjective vs objective world view: Factfulness test | Best possible self and world |
Personal growth | Personal growth initiative The comfort zone | Out of my comfort zone |
Summary | Compilation of learning and experiences Group creative activity Farewell | Final essay |