Presentation Slides & References
Please find below a sample presentation from both Hugh and Martin. We hope these slides can act as an ongoing resource in your schools, families and workplaces to promote positive mental health.
Please contact us if there are any further resources you require.
Hugh's Presentation
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Martin's Presentation
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Supporting Research
Here is some of the science and research that sits behind the four principles that we teach in our programs.
Gratitude
- HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL – Giving thanks can make you happier
- PSYCHOLOGY TODAY – How Gratitude Leads to a Happier Life – Melanie Greenberg Ph.D.
- HAPPIER HUMAN – The Science of Gratitude: More Benefits Than Expected; 26 Studies and Counting
- JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES-Â Letters of Gratitude: Further evidence for author benefits
- POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY PROGRESS:Â Empirical Validation of Interventions
- JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY:Â The impact of a brief gratitude intervention on subjective well-being, biology and sleep
Empathy (more specifically compassion)
- THE GREATER GOOD SCIENCE CENTER AT UC BERKELEY – Three Insights from the Cutting Edge of Compassion Research
- THE GREATER GOOD SCIENCE CENTER AT UC BERKELEY – Kindness Makes You Happy… and Happiness Makes You Kind
- THE UNBOUNDED SPIRIT – The Power of Empathy: How Helping Others Can Make You Happy and Improve Your Well-being
- AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION:Â Empathy and Attitudes:Â Can feeling for a member of astigmatized group improve feelings toward the group?
- JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES: Can Gratitude and Kindness Interventions Enhance Well-Being in a Clinical Sample?
- THE JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: It’s good to do good and receive good: The impact of a ‘pay it forward’ style kindness intervention on giver and receiver well-being
- PLOS ONE: Kindness counts: Prompting prosocial behaviour in preadolescents boosts peer acceptance and well-being
Mindfulness
- AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION – What are the benefits of mindfulness – Daphne M. Davis, PhD, and Jeffrey A. Hayes, PhD
- BE MINDFUL – Evidence & Research
- MINDFUL – The Science of Mindfulness – Dr. Daniel J. Siegel
- ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE:Â Meditation increases compassion responses to suffering
- SCIENCEMAG.ORG:Â A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind
- ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE: Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention on psychological well-being and quality of life: Is increased mindfulness indeed the mechanism?
- PLOS ONE: Six-year positive effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on mindfulness, coping and well-being in medical and psychology students
Emotional Literacy
- CENTER ON THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL FOUNDATIONS FOR EARLY LEARNING – Fostering Emotional Literacy in Young Children: Labeling Emotions
- MINDFUL – We Should Be Teaching Emotional Literacy in Schools – Daniel Goleman
Devices
- ROY MORGAN RESEARCH: 9 in 10 Aussie teens now have a mobile
- THE ROYAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL: Screen Time and Kids: what’s happening in our homes?
- NSW DEPT OF EDUCATION: Impact of Mobile Digital Devices in Schools
- FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY: Problematic Use of Smartphones in Australia… is it Getting Worse?
- THE LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT 2015: Australian children’s screen time and participation in extracurricular activities
General Statistics
Below is a list of resources and references providing general statistics on mental health
- AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS:Â National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: Summary of Results, 2007
- AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS:Â Causes of death, Australia, 2017
- AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS:Â National Health Survey: First Results, 2017-18
Further Reading
Below is a list of books and articles we recommend for further reading on resilience and positive mental health strategies.
- AUTHENTIC HAPPINESS – Martin Seligman
- FLOURISH – Martin Seligman
- PARENTING FOR A PEACEFUL WORLD – Robin Grille
- LOVE 2.0 – Barbara Fredrickson
- BEING HAPPY – Tal Ben-Shahar
- THE RESILIENCE FACTOR – Karen Reivich & Andrew Shatté
- THE HAPPINESS PROJECT – Gretchen Rubin
- PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE: Voluntary Smiling Changes Regional Brain Activity- Paul Ekman and Richard J. Davidson (1993)
