Positive Psychology

Participants need to be at least 18, and in a romantic relationship of at least 3 months. The study consists of a short questionnaire, an activity for you to complete over the following three weeks, and then another short questionnaire. Some will complete a follow up questionnaire 2 months later.

This study’s purpose is to investigate whether a sense of life purpose, hope, self-efficacy and perceived adult status are significant predictors for increased wellbeing in UK students. You’ll be required to answer several questions about your outlook on life .

Trauma involves direct or indirect exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence. Trauma is stressful, but some people report positive change after trauma. This study examines how spiritual beliefs are involved in change.

This study seeks to explore the link between emotional intelligence (EQ) and subjective wellbeing (SWB). Research shows EQ can be developed through education and training. Therefore, if EQ is found to be a predictive factor, it can potentially be used as a tool to increase SWB in at-risk individuals.

The purpose of this study is to learn about personal factors and career success.

This study which aims to investigate the mechanisms of human well-being in a problem-solving context. It will require you to complete a number of questionnaires and one online task. It shouldn’t take more than 20-30 minutes to complete in total.

Gratefulness has been linked to increased levels of well-being and life satisfaction, however, the mechanisms through which this occur are not yet fully understood. This study aims to bridge this gap in knowledge by investigating a number of factors through which gratefulness leads to emotional contentment.

This theoretically driven piece investigates the relationship between psycho-social components and processes affiliated with psychological health and well-being. The study explores the predictive power of psychological flexibility, psychological need satisfaction, goal and aspiration type, and resilience in relation to psychological well-being, vitality and life satisfaction.

The purpose of the study is to learn more about the subjective passage of time. While actual time advances at a nearly constant rate, our subjective awareness of time passing can vary greatly

The aim of this study is to examine what type of exercise goals individuals set for themselves and how individual differences such as personality and personal growth initiative influence goal type and attainment. Participants in this study will be requested to complete three online questionnaires over a four month period. However as a participant you get to choose how many times you want to take part in the study.

The intent of this research study is to investigate how our relationships relate to our psychological well-being and everyday behaviour.

The survey is part of an honours thesis in psychology being undertaken by Glenn Surman through the University of Canberra (Project Approval No. CEHR 11-36). The thesis aims to evaluate participant’s time perspective, levels of gratitude and how this affects well-being levels.

Research study needs participants who are at least 18 and who use leisure activities such as movement or music as means of coping. You must have experienced a traumatic event within the last three years. Your responses may help us to better understand the process of recovery from trauma.

This research examines behaviours that can increase happiness. You will be asked to behave in a certain way, daily for 7 days and to complete questionnaires along the way.   Although this experiment states two hours to complete. The questionnaires themselves should take less than 15 minutes to complete. The behaviours you are asked to do can take as much or as little time as you would like.

This study looks at the influence news stories can have on our feelings. Participants will view a news clip and complete measures of mood, personality and values.

The purpose of this research study is to better understand the important factors that lead to the development of psychological needs.

The purpose of this study is to understand more about the effect of people’s mental imagery ability and level of mindfulness on activities designed to increase well-being.

A questionnaire study exploring individual’s personality attributes, behaviours and happiness.

Survey looking into the effects of different video game features have on the experience of an individuals game-play

A survey study concerning how and why people practice happiness-boosting activities