Key symposiumOnline positive psychology

State-of-the art in design, tailoring & personalisation, positive technology and evidence

2nd July 2014Gekke Ludden, Saskia Kelders, Stephen Schueller, Rosa Baños, Christina Botella, Eva Fischer, Linda Bolier

Key symposiumOnline positive psychology

State-of-the art in design, tailoring & personalisation, positive technology and evidence

2nd July 2014Gekke Ludden, Saskia Kelders, Stephen Schueller, Rosa Baños, Christina Botella, Eva Fischer, Linda Bolier

World Internet Usage

Penetration (% Population) Growth 2000-2012

Africa 15.6% 3,606.7%

Asia 27.5% 841.9%

Europe 63.2% 393.4%

Middle East 40.2% 2,639.9%

North America 78.6% 153.3%

Latin America / Caribbean 42.9% 1,310.8%

Oceania / Australia 67.6% 218.7%

WORLD TOTAL 34.3% 566.4%

Internet World Stats, June 2012

Robbin - App to enhance resilience for

breastcancer patients

Empowerment

INTRINSIC

MOTIVATION

Connection

Support to reach your goals in real-life

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Accessibility

eHealth

Positive psychology

Positive

technology

Synergy between positive psychology and technology

Riva et al., 2012; Botella et al., 2012

Programme-Eva Fischer, Robbin app to enhance resilience in breast

cancer patients

-Geke Ludden and Saskia Kelders, Positive

technology: designing for well-being

-Rosa Baños and Christina Botella, Positive

technologies: tools that help us pursue happiness and a

meaningful life

- Stephen Schueller, Individualized interventions: Using

technology to define the who, what, when, and where of

positive psychological interventions

- Linda Bolier, Online positive psychological interventions

– their evidence-base and future directions

Evidence-base of online positive psychologicalinterventions

2nd July 2014, Linda Bolier, Trimbos Institute, Netherlands

Key symposium Online positive psychology

June 2014

Review effectiveness of online positive

psychological interventions

• N = 11 studies• 7/10 studies found significant increases

in well-being• 5/8 studies found significant increases

in depression• Small effect sizes• Low adherence & high drop-out• Limited use of persuasive technologies• Quality of the research designs needs

improvementBolier & Martin Abello, 2014

Some recent studies

• Online format just as effective as group-administered format (Layous et al.,

2012)

• More exercises ≠ more effectiveness(Schueller & Parks, 2012)

• OPPIs also effective for older age group50+ (Proyer et al., 2014)

• Evidence for multi-modal interventions (Drozd et al., 2014; Cobb et al., 2013; Bolier et al., 2013)

• Acclaimed cost-effectiveness not proven yet (Bolier et al., 2014)

Future research

• Replications (see Mongrain & Anselmo Matthews,

2012)

• Designing for adherence and a goodperson-activity fit

• Improving and expanding of research designs

• Blended models: how to use OPPIs in healthcare and coaching practice?

• Implementation research: how to reachthe Flourish51 goal?

Thank you for your attention

Questions?

� lbolier@trimbos.nl

Discussion points key symposium

• Blended models: how to use OPPIs in healthcare and coaching practice?

• Implementation research: how to reachthe Flourish51 goal?

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