Introduction (introduce the wellbeing context/setting and outline what will be covered in the essay)
Discussion of wellbeing issues/challenges faced within the chosen applied setting (e.g., what are the wellbeing issues or challenges faced by people living in that setting e.g., meaninglessness, loneliness, depression, etc).
This summary should cite at least one published systematic review journal article about the chosen setting.
Rationale for the chosen theoretical framework of wellbeing and demonstration of relevant application to the applied setting
Positive Psychology: An Introduction
Seligman, Martin E. P.Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
Please refer to this article to describe the positive psychology theoretical framework for understanding wellbeing that can help explain the wellbeing issues identified in your chosen applied setting and demonstrate how it provides an appropriate framework for understanding the wellbeing
Evaluation of ways to increase/build wellbeing in the applied setting.
Examine how empirical research studies have previously attempted to influence (i.e., increase, improve, build, enhance) wellbeing in the chosen setting.
You will summarise and critique at least two published peer-reviewed empirical research studies evaluating intervention/prevention strategies, including what was done in each study (i.e., what the interventions entailed), the procedures used to assess/measure wellbeing in each study, and the results found in each study. You will then evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the intervention/prevention attempts investigated in these research studies.
