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Unit 8: Conclusion
A review of the course
Congratulations on reaching the end of the course!
Bounce back: How positive psychology can give a post-pandemic boost to your family’s wellbeing has introduced you to some of the latest evidence-based techniques from positive psychology that have proven benefits on wellbeing within the family.
You have explored how understanding and developing your character strengths can have a positive impact on your family’s wellbeing and have been introduced to some evidence-based interventions to develop your capacity for savouring, gratitude, kindness, hope and meaning.
We hope you have enjoyed exploring these techniques with your family. As you have discovered during the course, research suggests that the effect of these interventions is cumulative. The more you practise these types of interventions the greater the effect they are likely to have.
If you would like to learn more about the science behind these interventions or discover other ways in which you and your family can benefit from the insights of positive psychology research, you may wish to explore the suggestions for further reading below.
8.1 Further support
The Samaritans
Phone: UK and ROI: 116 123
Email: jo@samaritans.org
The phone number is free to callers from landlines, mobiles and payphones and does not show up on itemised phone bills.
Nightline
Phone: UK 020 7631 0101
Email: listening@nightline.org.uk
Nightline is a confidential listening and information service run by students for students which operates through the night. Operating hours are mainly in line with term times at campus universities. Callers to the Hotline outside of hours will receive information about the Samaritans and a contact number to call.
Students outside of UK are recommended to use Skype to phone for free or Instant message
(Skype): chat.nightline or Skype Phone: londonnightline
The service has a related email service which operates alongside the hotline all year round. Students contacting the service by email will receive an answer within 48 hours.
Mind
Phone: 0845 7660163
Email: info@mind.org.uk
Mind provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. It campaigns to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
Mental Health Foundation
Since 1949, the Mental Health Foundation has been the UK’s leading charity for everyone’s mental health. With prevention at the heart of what they do, the Mental Health Foundation aims to find and address the sources of mental health problems so that people and communities can thrive.
8.2 Further resources
Please find below a compilation of all the further resources from Units 1–7.
Further resources
Niemiec, R.M. and Wedding, D. (2014) Positive psychology at the movies: Using films to build character strengths and well-being, (2nd ed.) Boston: Hogrefe. |
Rashid, T. and Anjum, A. (2005) 340 ways to use VIA character strengths, Unpublished manuscript, University of Pennsylvania. |
The Little Book of Gratitude: Create a Life of Happiness and Wellbeing by Giving Thanks (The Little Books) by Dr Robert A Emmons PhD. |
Sacks, O (2015) Gratitude. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. |
Bryant, F. B., & Veroff, J. (2007) Savoring: A New Model of Positive Experience, Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. |
Encyclopedia of An Ordinary Life: A Memoir – Amy Krouse Rosenthal. |
Savour: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life – Thich Nhat Hanh and Lilian Cheung. |
Altruism: The Science and Psychology of Kindness Paperback – 4 Jan. 2018 by Matthieu Ricard. |
Kindness: Change your life and make the world a kinder place by Gill Hasson. |
Kindness: The Little Thing that Matters Most by Jamie Thurston. |
Kindness is my Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion (My Superpower Books) by Alicia Ortego. |
Lopez, S. J. (2014) Making Hope Happen: Create the Future You Want for Yourself and Others. New York: Simon & Schuster |
Seligman, M. (1991). Learned Optimism: How to change your mind and your life. New York: Vintage Books. |
Frankl, V. E. (1963). Man’s Search for Meaning. New York: Washington Square Press. |
Stager, M. (2007). The untethered soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger. |
Acknowledgements
Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources:
Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders. If any have been inadvertently overlooked the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.
Important: *** against any of the acknowledgements below means that the wording has been dictated by the rights holder/publisher and cannot be changed.
Course image: DrAfter123 / Getty Images
Unit 1: Introduction (video): Michelle Tytherleigh
Unit 1: Section 1.1 Three young people: pxfuel, pxfuel.com
Unit 2: Character strengths (video): Michelle Tytherleigh
Unit 2: Section 2.1 The Science of Character (YouTube) Science of Character: Tiffany Shlain & Let It Ripple Studio.
Unit 3: Gratitude (video): Michelle Tytherleigh
Unit 3: Section 3.2 An attitude of gratitude : *** Whippetsgalore, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thank-you-nhs-north-walsham.jpg Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
Unit 3: Activity - Family gratitude scrapbook: Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay
Unit 3: Activity - Write a gratitude letter or send a gratitude postcard: Max Pixel, https://www.maxpixel.net/photo-6776004 CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Unit 4: Savouring (video): Michelle Tytherleigh
Unit 4: Activity - Savouring a positive sensory experience: ***Photo by form PxHere, CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Unit 4: Activity - Ideas to help you to slow down (image 2): ***Tom Magliery, https://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/36326583000 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
Unit 4: Activity - Ideas to help you to slow down (image 1): ***Max Pixel, https://www.maxpixel.net/photo-4051005 CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0). Public Domain Dedication, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Unit 4: Activity - A walk with your family: JillWellington / 2000 images
Unit 4: Section 4.5 Enjoy a mindful meal: Max Pixel, https://www.maxpixel.net/photo-4821015 CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Unit 4: Section 4.6 Create a self-care box : ***Max Pixel, https://www.maxpixel.net/photo-5026097 CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Unit 4: Section 4.3 How to use savouring with your family to enhance wellbeing (YouTube):
Unit 5: Kindness (video): Michelle Tytherleigh
Unit 5: Activity - Random act of kindness day: Image by Tumisu, / Pixabay
Unit 5: Activity - Bring kindness to your community: katleho Seisa / Getty Images
Unit 5: Activity - Make a kindness jar: Piqselsc, www.piqsels.com
Unit 5: Activity - Watch films together with themes of love and kindness: ***GDJ, https://openclipart.org/detail/241391/old-fashioned-film-camera-icon CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Unit 5: Activity - Celebrate somebody elses success: mohamed_hassan / Shutterstock
Unit 5: Activity - Be kind to yourself: BigmanKn / Shutterstock
Unit 5: Working with the diversity of the trans community: Fox Fisher
Unit 5: Section 5.2 Benefits of kindness - Activity (YouTube video 2):
Unit 5: Section 5.2 Benefits of kindness - Activity (YouTube video 1):
Unit 6: Hope and Optimism (video): Michelle Tytherleigh
Unit 6: Section 6.1 What is hope and optimism and how can it help you and your family?: ***Max Pixel, https://www.maxpixel.net/photo-141366 CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Unit 6: Activity - Activities to foster hope and optimism (image 1): Piqsels, www.piqsels.com
Unit 6: Activity - Activities to foster hope and optimism (image 2): ***Michael MK Khor, https://www.flickr.com/photos/mk-creatures/12539985155 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Unit 6: How optimistic or hopeful are you? (redrawn): Adapted from Snyder, C. R., et al., (1996) Development and validation of the State Hope Scale. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, pp 327-335, 70, The American Psychological Association
Unit 7: Meaning and purpose (video): Michelle Tytherleigh
Unit 7: Section 7.5 Finding your flow as a family: lovelyjojos, www.lovelyjojos.com
Unit 7: Finding your Ikigai: My Inner Creative
Unit 7: Meaning and purpose (quotes): Fyodor Dostoyevsky quote
Unit 7: Meaning and purpose (quotes): Indian proverb
Unit 7: Meaning and purpose (quote): Nietzsche quote
Unit 7: Meaning and purpose (quotes): Paulo Coelho quote: HarperCollins Publishers
Unit 7: Meaning and purpose (quotes): Viktor Frankl quote
Unit 7: Section 7.2 The benefits for people who report higher levels of meaning (YouTube):
Conclusion: Image by Gerd Altmann / Pixabay