Publications and news

Together with a team/group from your school, you are warmly welcome to participate in our next Study with Strength course. The course is held online in Zoom 8.4, 23.4, 6.5, 19.5, between 13-17. The course consists of theory, practice, discussions, and reflections based on the themes:

• Mindful presence
• Goal setting, values focusing on what's important
• Inner strengths
• Mood
• Mindset and self-efficacy
• Resilience and cognitive flexibility
• Self-compassion
• relationships and conflict management

Educators: Åse Fagerlund, FD; Monica Londen, FD; Stefania Fält-Weckman, PsM, doctoral student; Pehr Jakobsson, PM, doctoral student

Participants from both upper-secondary schools and vocational schools are welcomed. For registration and further information please contact Åse (ase.fagerlund@strengthbased.fi) or Monica (monica.londen@helsinki.fi). 

Fält-Weckman Stefania, Fagerlund Åse, Londen Monica, Lagerström Martin, (2024), Using evidence-based applied positive psychology to promote student well-being, Frontiers in psychology.

Främling, Niels (2021). Att kombinera studier och toppidrott – gymnasiestuderandes upplevelser av en kurs i positiv psykologi. Master's Thesis.

Hongell-Ekholm, Fagerlund, Londen, 2023, Supporting adolescents’ personal growth and well-being through the Study with Strength intervention.

Lif, Frida & Winbäck, Julia, (2023). Studera starkt: En fenomenografisk studie om en intervention i positiv psykologi. Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden. Department of Music Education. Independent thesis Advanced level.

Sandholm, Ditte; Simonsen, Julia; Ström, Kristina & Fagerlund, Åse (2022): Teachers’ experiences with positive education, Cambridge Journal of Education.

Selin-Patel, Miivi (2022). Can Positive Psychology cultivate a Growth Mindset?: A study in subjective well-being and mindset of upper secondary students. Master's Thesis.

Fagerlund & Laakso, (2021). Flourishing students in a time of change. In Wellbeing and Resilience Education, Routledge.

Jakobsson, Fagerlund, Laakso & Londen, (2023), The emotional well-being of teachers and school personnel: An experience sampling study

von Kraemer, Fagerlund, & Pettersson, (2024). Strengthening Parents' and Children's Wellbeing Through Positive Psychology: A Qualitative Study of Parents' Experiences of a Structured Training in Mindfulness and Character Strength. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology

Laakso, Fagerlund, Lagerström, (2024), Increasing student well-being trough a positive psychology intervention: changes in salivary cortisol, depression, psychological well-being, and hope

Pentti, Fagerlund, & Nyström, (2019). Flourishing families: Effects of a positive psychology intervention on parental flow, engagement, meaning and hope. International Journal of Wellbeing

Sandholm, Simonsen, Ström & Fagerlund, (2023). Teachers’ experiences with positive education. Cambridge Journal of education

Simonsen, Karrasch, Laine & Fagerlund (2023): Protective factors against school burnout symptoms in Finnish adolescents, Nordic psychology

Söderlund, Simonsen, Alanko & Fagerlund, (2024). Tweens: A Positive Psychology Family Intervention for Adolescents with Depression-or Anxiety-related Symptomatology. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology