Faculty hoping to add a Positive Psychology course into the undergraduate curriculum as a regularly taught stand-alone course may face multiple hurdles: finding the time to develop the course and once it is developed attaining approval by departmental level as well as college level curriculum committees....

Teaching positive psychology is a fascinating experience in part because many of the issues it addresses are fundamental questions about living....

The relationship between mental flow and physiological coherence was investigated in three tasks. Coherence is a state defined by a particular pattern of low frequency heart rate variability (HRV) which has been related to optimal performance and positive mental states. Flow is a pleasurable performance-enhancing psychological state....

The present study aimed to explore the relations between parental and children’s character strengths and children’s school adjustment during the critical period of school entry. Participants were 479 parents and 16 firstgrade teachers of 479 first-grade schoolchildren from five public elementary schools in Israel....

There are many beliefs about the patterning of positive and negative mood over the course of the week. Support has been found for ‘Blue Monday’ ‘Thank God it’s Friday’ and Weekdays versus Weekend effects although in relatively small studies and often with student samples....

Purpose is a stable and generalized intention to accomplish something that is at once important to self and directed at making a difference in the world beyond the self....

Patience is the propensity to wait calmly in the face of frustration or adversity. The new 3-Factor Patience Scale (Study 1) measures three types of patience (interpersonal life hardship and daily hassles patience) which differentially relate to well-being and personality....

A Review of Positive Psychology Interventions

We built upon previous laboratory studies by examining the independent and interactive effects of restitution and apology on behavioral and self-reported measures relevant to forgiveness. Undergraduates (N¼155) received two of 10 tickets in a distribution. Some thought another participant was the distributor; others thought it was random....

Positive psychology interventions target positive emotions in order to increase happiness engagement in life and well being while also ameliorating the impact of symptoms on a person’s life. We examined an adapted version of group positive psychotherapy for people with schizophrenia (Positive Living (PL)) in a pilot study....