Vol 8, Article 1, 2024
Editorial: Focusing on furthering applied positive psychology
Siobhain O’Riordan, Stephen Palmer and Ilona Boniwell
Citation: O’Riordan, S., Palmer, S., & Boniwell (2023). Editorial: Focusing on furthering applied positive psychology. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 8, 1, 1-3. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-8-2024/volume-8-article-1-editorial
Processing dates: Submitted: 12 March 2024; Published: 12 March 2024
EDITORIAL – Editorial: Focusing on furthering applied positive psychology
Siobhain O’Riordan 1, 2, 3, Stephen Palmer 1, 2, 3, and Ilona Boniwell 4
Since its launch date in 2017, this is the 8th volume of the European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology (EJAPP). The EJAPP has continued to be a busy publication in terms of editorial work and the volume of submissions. In addition to our own Editorial (O’Riordan, Palmer & Boniwell) we were pleased to publish 11 articles in 2023 (volume 7) on thought-provoking topics that include:
- Tracking leisure time and technology use in a reflective time journal (Young, Foley & Di Blasi, 2023)
- Resilience, styles of humor and well-being in greek parents of children with disabilities (Lysikatou & Georgiadou, 2023)
- The Experiences of Coaches Working on the Edge (Cooper-Dickson, Kampman & Papworth, 2023)
- The Happiness-Increasing Strategies Scale in a German-speaking sample (Roth, Bencker, Scherz & Laireiter, 2023)
- Job Crafting and Enrichment (McNall, Bennett, Becker, Rice, Soda & Brown, 2023)
- The development of group flow research (Pels & Kleinert, 2023)
- The role of naturally occurring compassion as an enhancer of psychological wellbeing among adults (Foka & Varela, 2023)
- Experiences of embodiment, mindful self-care and psychological wellbeing with a community sample of women (Munroe, Staffell, Coyne, Ruta & Woodruff, 2023)
- The impact of a character strengths-based intervention on the self-esteem of children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (Holding, Proctor, Tweed & Smith, 2023)
- Kaurismäki’s Le Havre as Intervention for a Positive Society (Rings, 2023)
- The relationship between gratitude and work engagement, the mediating role of employee resilience (Hoehn & Başkurt, 2023)
If you are interested in submitting an article, report or paper to EJAPP to join us in furthering the advancement of positive psychology please see the journal website for more details at: https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org
Finally, we would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of all those involved in the work of EJAPP from each author (regardless on the outcome of the peer-review process), the referees, editorial and copy-editing team. Our warm thanks to our sponsors as well, both professional body and corporate (https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/about/our-sponsors/).
References
Cooper-Dickson, R., Kampman, H., & Papworth, J. (2023). Exploring the Experiences of Coachees Working on the Edge: Trauma, Post traumatic Growth and Coaching
European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 4, 1-17. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-4/
Foka, A., & Varela, V. (2023). Acting compassionately towards others makes us feel better: The role of naturally occurring compassion as an enhancer of psychological wellbeing among adults. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 8, 1-10. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-8/
Hoehn, A., & Başkurt, A. B. (2023). The relationship between gratitude and work engagement: examining the mediating role of employee resilience. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 12, 1-13. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-12
Holding, A., Proctor, C., Tweed, R. G., & Smith, M. (2023). Strengths Gym: The impact of a character strengths-based intervention on the self-esteem of children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 10, 1-13. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-10/
Lysikatou, A., & Georgiadou, S. (2023). Resilience, Styles of Humor and Well-being in Greek Parents of Children with Disabilities. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology,
7, 3, 1-13. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-3/
McNall, L. A., Bennett, M., Becker, G., Rice, C., Soda, L., & Brown, M. M. (2023). How Do Working College Students Get More Satisfaction? Exploring Job Crafting and Enrichment. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 6, 1-15. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-6/
Munroe, M., Staffell, Z., Coyne, P., Ruta, J., & Woodruff, S. J. (2023). Positive Embodiment and Psychological Wellbeing: exploring experiences of embodiment, mindful self-care and psychological wellbeing with a community sample of women. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 9, 1-12.
https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-9/
O’Riordan, S., Palmer, S., & Boniwell, I. (2023). Editorial: Encouraging the development and advancement of Positive Psychology. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 1, 1-3. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-1-editorial
Pels, F., & Kleinert, J. (2023). “There is nothing as practical as a good theory” – A position paper on the development of group flow research. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 7, 1-5. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-7/
Rings, G. (2023). Kaurismäki’s Le Havre as Intervention for a Positive Society. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 11, 1-6.
https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-11/
Roth, L. H. O., Bencker, C., Scherz, A., & Laireiter, A.-R. (2023). Replication and Validation of the Happiness-Increasing Strategies Scale in a German-speaking sample.
European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 5, 1-14. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-5/
Young, A. N., Foley, S., & Di Blasi, Z. (2023). “Claim back time for the things that really matter”: A qualitative examination of tracking leisure time and technology use in a reflective time journal. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 2, 1-17. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-2/
Corresponding author
Siobhain O’Riordan
National Wellbeing Service Ltd
156 Westcombe Hill
London SE3 7DH
email: editor@nationalwellbeingservice.com
Affiliations
1 National Academy of Coaching Psychology Ltd, UK
2 National Wellbeing Service, UK
3 Wales Institute for Work Based Learning, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Wales
4 Anglia Ruskin University, UK and Positran, France
Copyright
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Funding
None declared.
Declaration of conflicting interests
The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest in respect to their authorship or the publication of this paper.
Acknowledgments
We thank the journal sponsors for their on-going support.
Citation: O’Riordan, S., Palmer, S., & Boniwell (2023). Editorial: Focusing on furthering applied positive psychology. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 8, 1, 1-3. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-8-2024/volume-8-article-1-editorial
Biographies
Dr Siobhain O’Riordan PhD FISCP Accred is a Chartered Coaching Psychologist and Chartered Scientist. She is a Fellow and Chair of the International Society for Coaching Psychology (ISCP) and a member of the International Research Centre Development Team of the ISCP. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the Wales Academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research, University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3216-2939
Professor Stephen Palmer PhD FISCP is Professor of Practice at the Wales Academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and Adjunct Professor of Coaching Psychology, Aalborg University. He Co-Director of the Positive Psychology Coaching Development Programme at the Centre for Coaching, London. He has written and edited 60 books including Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice (2018, with Green) and has published over 300 articles and chapters.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0108-6999
Professor Ilona Boniwell is Professor of Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology at the University of East London (UEL) and the original founder of the UEL’s MSc in Applied Positive Psychology, the first ever degree of this type in Europe. She is one of the world leaders in positive psychology, working in the field for over 20 years, originally mentored by Martin Seligman. Professor Boniwell wrote or edited twelve books, delivered over 200 keynotes and a TEDx, founded the European Network of Positive Psychology, organised the first European Congress of Positive Psychology and was the first vice-chair of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). She is also a passionate practitioner of positive psychology. As the CEO of Positran she consulted the Governments of UAE and Bhutan and many major international companies, including ClubMed, L’Oréal, Unilever, Nestle, EY, Microsoft and BNP Paribas.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6030-7528