Strengths Gym: The impact of a character strengths-based intervention on the life satisfaction and well-being of adolescents

By Carmel Proctor, Eli Tsukayama, Alex M. Wood, John Maltby, J. Eades, P. Alex Linley. 2011

308 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. L. Waters
2. D. Loton
3. H. McGrath
4. Ryan M. Niemiec
5. Sterett H. Mercer
6. T. Noble
7. J. Gillham
8. J. Savage

In Social Psychology

1. L. Waters
2. D. Loton
3. H. McGrath
4. Donna Mayerson
5. Mark Linkins
6. Ryan M. Niemiec
7. Sterett H. Mercer
8. T. Noble

Citations in the corpus

• PROSPER: A New Framework for Positive Education (2015, background): “The positive education literature has almost exclusively focused on character strengths especially Peterson and Seligman’s (2004) values in action (VIA) framework (e.g. Seligman et al. 2009; White and Waters 2014; Quinlan et al. 2014; Proctor et al. 2011).”
• From strengths use to work performance: The role of harmonious passion, subjective vitality, and concentration (2014, unknown): “…Klein, & Vella-Brodrick, 2009; Mongrain & Anselmo-Matthews, 2012; Niemiec, 2014; Seligman, Steen, Park, & Peterson, 2005), satisfaction with life (Proctor et al., 2011; Ruch, Huber, Beermann, & Proyer, 2007; Rust, Diessner, & Reade, 2009), academic and personal achievement (Elston & Boniwell,…”
• Increasing Middle School Students’ Life Satisfaction: Efficacy of a Positive Psychology Group Intervention (2014, result): “Specifically, a teacherdelivered 6-month curriculum consisting of character strengths-based exercises found that the 218 adolescents (ages 12–14) who participated in the intervention evidenced gains in life satisfaction (but no statistically significant changes in positive affect, negative affect, o”
• SEARCH: A Meta-Framework and Review of the Field of Positive Education (2019, methodology): “Proctor et al. (2011) found no impact of their strengths intervention on students’ levels of negative affect.”
• Through the lens of strength: A framework for educating the heart (2015, background): “A study of the Strengths Gym program (Proctor et al., 2011) found a significant effect on students’ life satisfaction.”