Saturday, 17th July International Positive Psychology Association 7th IPPA World Congress 2021

• Bringing positive psychology home: Positive families and strength-based parenting - Lea Waters

• Wellbeing for all, while we are all different  - Meike Bartels

• Negative effects of the corona pandemic on healthcare workers can be buffered by sense of humor and appreciation - Marek Bartzik
• Emotion Regulation Strategies that Best Predict Subjective Wellbeing and Post-Traumatic Growth during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Jahnvi Jain
• Psychopathology, sleep quality, and disability in rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease: Positive psychological traits as protective factors - Heather Altier, M.A.
• Shadow’s Edge mobile game promotes identity formation among adolescent and young adult survivors of pediatric cancer: Short-term results of a randomized clinical trial  - Bonnie Essner
• Unique correlates of wellbeing above and beyond depressive symptoms among young adult childhood cancer survivors - Yoonji Kim
•  Perception of happiness in severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and health care utilization - Maria V Benzo

Live streamed to the IPPA Facebook page for friends and family to view! 

• Blue Zones: Secrets of a Long Life - Dan Buettner

In 2011, Seligman enhanced the original model of authentic happiness from PEM to PERMA. While modifications of the theory have been proposed, such as PERMA+ or PERMAH, the best-fit model is PERMA-V (Zhivotovskaya, 2012). Join positive psychology and mind-body medicine expert, Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, for an energizing literature review overview of 30+ years of vitality research, and describe 3 upcoming pilot studies that will be validating vitality as a missing piece of the well-being puzzle.

Speaker: Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP, MCC

Use this time to network directly with other delegates who are online, participate in the exhibition draw prize and peruse the Gallery Presentations at your leisure!

• "Outlive Yourself" by leaving a lasting difference in the lives of others. - Tara Storch
• The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome - Ty Tashiro

• Wellbeing for All: A kaleidoscopic view from Africa - Ian Rothmann, Angelina Wilson Fadiji, Richard Appiah, Alhassan Abdullah and Eugene Davis

• Reimagining Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Scott Kaufman

• Spirituality: What it Is and Why it Matters - Roger S. Gottlieb

• Environmental health, sustainability, and positive psychology - Jeanne Nakamura, Olin Eugene Myers, Nansook Park and Hans Henrik Knoop

• New International Research on Wellbeing and Positive Education from Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, and SingaporeNew International Research on Wellbeing and Positive Education from Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, and Singapore - Mathew White
• Application of Positive Education to Enhance Wellbeing and Positive Learning Experiences of University Students – JUMP - Sylvia Kwok
• The Impact of Uplifters Moderators’ Training on Future Educators’ Engagement and Sense of Competence In Promoting Virtue Development - Niva Dolev
• Wellbeing in the First Positive University in the World - Humberto Charles-Leija
• Student Wellbeing in Singapore - Pak Tee Ng

Continue the conversation with the following Invited Speakers in our intimate networking rooms:

Instructions on how to join the networking rooms will distributed with the launch of the platform.

• Fireside Chat: How and Why to Develop Character - Angela Duckworth