Positive Psychology Coaching Effectiveness

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Abstract
Introduction and Aims. Many theories, models, assessments, and interventions from positive psychology lend themselves well to organisational and health coaching. Several theoretical articles have been published on positive psychology coaching, but only few empirical studies have been conducted. The research on effective factors of change in positive psychology coaching is almost non-existing. The objective of this paper is to identify and name potential factors of change, and to discuss their possible implications for policy. Design and Methods. The paper is based on a multi site empirical study consisting of 35 qualitative interviews with researchers and expert practitioners from the US, Canada, Mexico, UK, Denmark, Finland, Israel, China, New Zealand, and Australia. The interviews focus on the application of empirical research, theories, models, assessments and interventions from positive psychology in coaching practice. The interviews were analysed using thematic analysis based on Duncan, Miller, Wampold, and Hubble’s (2009) concepts from “The Heart & Soul of Change”. Results. The results from the study support the notion that several effective factors contribute to outcome in coaching engagements - factors such as client engagement, the working alliance, accountability, and techniques etc. Discussion. The paper discusses what positive psychology training programs could look like, if they were to be based on the currently best available research on positive psychology coaching effectiveness. It is claimed that many coaching training programs focus too much on teaching practitioners techniques, and too little on other factors presumably contributing more to the variance in outcomes. Conclusions. The paper includes recommendations for alternative routes for future research and future coaching and training practice.
Presentation. The presentation will include short segments of video recordings from the interviews not previously published.


Concurrent Panel Session

Periode	25 mar. 2012
Begivenhedstitel	3rd Australian Positive Psychology and Wellbeing Conference: Positive 2012 – Spotlight on the Future
Begivenhedstype	Konference
Placering	Sydney og Wollongong, AustralienVis på kort