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Positive psychology & Prospection:

Positive psychology & Prospection:. FIU December 15, 2013 Evolution of Psychotherapy Martin E. P. Seligman marty@apa.org. Outline. Misguided Theory vs Clinical Wisdom Two Lacunae: Positive & Future What is Well Being? How to Measure PERMA How to Build PERMA

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Positive psychology & Prospection:

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  1. Positive psychology & Prospection: FIU December 15, 2013 Evolution of Psychotherapy Martin E. P. Seligman marty@apa.org

  2. Outline • Misguided Theory vs Clinical Wisdom • Two Lacunae: Positive & Future • What is Well Being? • How to Measure PERMA • How to Build PERMA • Positive Emotion (Hunt the Good Stuff) • Engagement (Signature Strengths & Professions) • Relationships (ACR) • Meaning (Fun vs Altruism) • Accomplishment (GRIT) • Invisible Hand & Psychotherapy • Positive Education & US Army • Prospection • Default Network • Depression and Hopelessness • Prospection Research Awards (LOI due Jan 1, 2014)

  3. Flourish (PERMA) • Positive Emotion • Engagement • Relationships • Meaning • Accomplishment

  4. PERMA Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment Each is measurable Authentichappiness.org Each is teachable

  5. Atherosclerotic Heart Disease (red = more deaths) Reported by CDC Predicted by Twitter rweighted= .67

  6. Twitter language predictive of Atherosclerotic HD Protective

  7. Twitter language predictive of Atherosclerotic HD risk

  8. PERMA is Teachable

  9. INDIVIDUALS

  10. PERMAPositive Emotion 3 Good Things

  11. PERMAEngagementSignature Strengthswww.authentichappiness.org

  12. Character Strengths and Trauma • Exposure  character strengths and post-traumatic growth • Especially • Religiousness • Gratitude • Kindness • Hope • Bravery

  13. PERMARelationships

  14. Active Constructive Responding Constructive Destructive Active Passive

  15. PERMAMeaningBelonging To and Serving Something Bigger than SelfAltruism versus Pleasure

  16. PERMAAccomplishmentSelf Discipline & GRITAngela DuckworthTwice as Important as IQ

  17. The Invisible HandPERMA as Goal of Therapy

  18. Social Skills Rating Scale Measures: Teacher’s report of students behaviors related to social skills, including cooperation, assertiveness, and self-control. Sample items: “Volunteers to help peers on classroom tasks.”“Politely refuses unreasonable requests from others.”

  19. Language Arts (English) Grades by 9th grade Language Arts Level Non-Honors Honors

  20. US Army • Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness

  21. Findings: Positive Forms of Coping (Scoring Higher is Better) 2010 2011 3.70 BCTs in Study JUL JAN JAN APR OCT APR 3.65 1/4 IN Deployment 1 x MRT Per Company 3.60 3/4 IN Deployment 1/25 IN 3.55 2/1 IN Deployment 3.50 3.70 3/1 IN Deployment 3.65 0 x MRT Per Company 170 HBCT Deployment 3.60 2/4 IN Deployment 3.55 11 ACR 3.50 GAT #1 GAT #3 GAT #2 Mean Score on GAT for Positive Coping Published MRT Training Guidance

  22. Resilience Training & Psychiatric Diagnoses Frequency of Diagnoses: Training and Non-training Conditions • Mental Health Substance Abuse (PTSD, Anxiety, Depression) • Training • (n = 4,983) 221 (4.44%) 58 (1.16%) • Non-training • (n = 2,247) 114 (5.07%) 64 (2.85%) • Total • (n = 7,230) 335 (4.63%) 122 (1.69%) • Note: Due to comorbidity, these numbers do not necessarily reflect the sums of the

  23. Homo Prospectus • Psychodynamic • Behavior Therapy • Cognitive Therapy • Phenomenological • Default Network • Evolution • Memory of the Future

  24. Depression Potential of Cognitive Therapy • Primary Member of the Cognitive Triad • Faulty Prospection • Hopelessness • Pessimistic Predictive Style • Focus on Future Directed Cognition

  25. Science of Prospection Grants • Measurement • Mechanism • Application • Improvement • January 1 --Letters of Intent • http://sites.sas.upenn.edu/prospection

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