MAPP Capstone Abstracts

Relationship health is shown to be important for both individual well-being and entrepreneurial success. Given the number of hours that many adults spend at work each week, relationships at work matter. Mobile technologies and other factors are dramatically changing how and where people work.…

Callings describe work that serves a cause greater than oneself and provides meaning and purpose in life. Living a calling at work has been linked with a number of positive outcomes including well-being, intrinsic motivation, and life satisfaction. In this capstone, I describe a career and…

Learning to ask the right questions and being empowered to dream is essential to 21st-century education. In an effort to create innovative citizens who are able to compete in our increasingly diverse and competitive world, youth can be taught how to discover and build on successful aspects of…

This paper is concerned with the search for purpose—defined as the attempt to find or enact one’s unique purpose in life. While much is known about the benefits of a purposeful existence (i.e., higher levels of happiness, life satisfaction and general well-being, reduced risk for…

This paper is written to identify strategic interventions, born from positive psychology research, which can aid youth coaches in achieving desired positive outcomes including increased optimism, strong social connections and healthy self confidence. Coaching is an ideal platform for the…

A breadth of literature in psychology and economics has explored the nuanced relationship between income and well-being and while contradictory results have emerged, one finding has been robust—low income is linked to lower well-being. This paper will explore the psychological areas of leverage…

Adversities are a natural part of the human experience. What is it that enables us to persevere through hardship despite feeling we have reached the end of our capacities? The small Nordic country of Finland has a cultural construct known as sisu, used to describe the enigmatic power that…

Distress and ill-being in the medical profession at all levels, has been well documented for many years. Multiple analyses and suggested interventions through the years have done little to stop this trend of increasing physician distress and the subsequent exit of many talented practitioners…

This paper is written to compare two well-being movements: positive psychology and the self-help movement as modeled by Anthony Robbins, a well-known self-help, motivational and empowerment guru, author, and speaker who has been internationally popular since the 1980s. This paper will analyze…

Parental self-efficacy is a driver of positive parenting, especially as couples welcome a new baby into their lives, becoming parents for the first time. Confident Parenting is the title of an upcoming book that will aid the transition from couplehood to parenthood, allowing couples to parent…