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Positive Psychology and Behaviour Change: 5  Ways to Change Your Habits

Positive Psychology and Behaviour Change: 5 Ways to Change Your Habits

by Ilona Boniwell | Mar 15, 2017 | Practice

Most of us are too familiar with the fact that unhealthy habits are notoriously hard to change. Habits are akin to taking the beaten path: they require little effort, and with the passage of time they grow stronger and stronger. This is despite our knowledge of the...
Teaching Happiness at School: 3 Simple Activities to Cultivate Well-being in Students

Teaching Happiness at School: 3 Simple Activities to Cultivate Well-being in Students

by Ilona Boniwell | Mar 15, 2017 | Practice

Health is part of every public-school education. But what is health? It’s more than just nutrition and gym class. As early as 1947, the World Health Organization defined health as a state of mental and social—not just physical—well-being. Today, more and more schools...
Positive Education Around the World: Perspectives From Asia and Europe

Positive Education Around the World: Perspectives From Asia and Europe

by Ilona Boniwell | Mar 15, 2017 | Practice

When asked to explain what positive education is all about, I would usually describe its objectives as the development of skills of well-being, resilience and optimal functioning in children, teenagers and students, as well as parents, teachers and, more generally,...
The Value of Positive Psychology Interventions for Emotion Regulation

The Value of Positive Psychology Interventions for Emotion Regulation

by Augusta Rogowski | Apr 26, 2011 | Practice

Positive psychologists have developed a number of techniques (Positive Psychology Interventions, or PPIs) that can make us feel happier pretty much instantly. PPIs include such wellbeing-enhancing activities as writing a gratitude journal, being kind to others,...
Measuring Balanced Time Perspective using Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI)

Measuring Balanced Time Perspective using Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI)

by Evgeny Osin | Mar 7, 2010 | Practice, Topics

The existing studies have shown that focusing on the future brings academic success, and reminiscing on the positive past experiences increases one’s happiness. But if a certain time perspective starts to dominate an individual’s view of time to the extent that it...
‘Hug a Hoodie’?  Applying Positive Psychology to Disaffected Adolescents

‘Hug a Hoodie’? Applying Positive Psychology to Disaffected Adolescents

by Miriam Akhtar | Feb 22, 2010 | Practice

David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party, caused a stir a few years ago when he suggested focusing resources on the emotional development of disaffected young people rather than on the symptoms of their alienation, which manifest through crime, addictions etc. ...
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