In her doctoral research Laura Weiss performs a large-scale evaluation study of the effect of the Happiness Route in ten Dutch municipalities.
Several studies have shown that positive mental health can be effectively promoted.Ĭooperation with Happiness Academy of Arcon, funded by ZonMW This positive approach can also contribute to reducing psychological complaints. Promoting positive mental health is an important new goal in mental health. Using a longitudinal study in a representative internet panel (LISS panel), she found that positive mental health and mental illness are two continua that are only moderately related. In her doctoral thesis Sanne Lamers (2012, funded by the University of Twente) examined the psychometric properties of the Mental Health Continuum Short Form with advanced statistical methods. A positive definition of mental health includes both the presence of emotional well-being and optimal psychological and social functioning. In this project we investigate the claim that mental health is more than the absence of mental illness. The two-continua model of mental health and illnessĬollaboration with prof. The effectiveness of the intervention in reducing depression is examined. They help vulnerable older people in the recollection of vivid positive memories of their own lives. Volunteers follow a training, supported by e-learning. The goal of this project (funded by both care groups as well as the VITOK program) is to bring vital and vulnerable older people together on the basis of the intervention 'precious memories'. Currently, we investigate whether the intervention is also effective as a self-help with email counseling and as an online intervention.Ĭooperation with Zorgcentrum de Posten en Zorggroep St. The doctoral research of Jojanneke Korte (2012, funded by ZonMw) showed that the group intervention is effective in reducing depressive symptoms and increasing well-being in a large randomized clinical trial. The intervention is based on life review and narrative therapy. "The stories we live by" is an early intervention, aimed at middle-aged and older people with mild to moderate depression. We use a unique digital dataset of personal memories of war and violence in Croatia (The stories we live byĬooperation with Prof. In this study we examine emotional expression in language in relation to non-verbal behavior, using various advanced technologies to automatically analyze nonverbal behavior. Truong, University of TwenteĮxpressing emotions plays an important role in stories about personal lives. We also develop instruments, such as the Northwestern Ego Integrity Scale, the Narrative Foreclosure Scale and the Balanced Time Perspective Scale to investigate memory processes and the role they play in interventions.Ĭooperation with Prof. Empirically, we use a large-scale internet survey (LISS panel) in which a representative sample of the Dutch population is asked to describe self-defining memories at three moments in time. We contribute to theories about reminiscence and life review, autobiographical memories and life stories with a particular interest in identity development and mental health. In this project we study personal memories in relation to mental health from a life course perspective. Webster, Langara College (Vancouver), Prof.
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