Tarli Young

The University of Queensland | UQ · School of Psychology

Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029224001080 Elite athletes often make large personal sacrifices to pursue excellence, but there is insufficient support for them when they leave elite sport. Identity loss is central to athletes’ transition trajectories and hence the management of identity change is a crucial ar...

It is well established that university students are vulnerable to poor mental health. Although increased gratitude has been shown to reduce stress among students, a clearer understanding of key mechanisms underpinning this relationship are needed to better inform theoretical models and potential interventions targeted at improving well‐being in uni...

Millions of nonprofits compete for a share of the billions of dollars donated to charity each year. Yet how donors select which charities to support remains relatively understudied. Social norms influence whether people give to charity at all, but no research has yet considered whether norms also communicate information about which causes group mem...

While the relationship between loneliness and psychological distress is well documented, the mechanisms underlying this relationship are less clear. One factor known to be related to loneliness as well as psychological distress, is social support, with some studies suggesting that support–both received and provided–can serve as a mechanism to reduc...

Positive psychology interventions are an effective means for cultivating flourishing, addressing low levels of wellbeing, and preventing languishing. Peer-led interventions can be a particularly advantageous delivery method of positive psychology interventions, as participants tend to respond more favourably to people that they can identify with pe...

Aid workers operate in stressful environments and tend to experience high psychological distress, but not enough is known about their wellbeing and how to improve their mental health. We surveyed 243 aid workers in 77 countries undertaking humanitarian and development work. They reported lower wellbeing and higher psychological distress than genera...

Universities must prepare students for a complex world, but current mental health levels impair student outcomes. Increased concern over student wellbeing has fostered the demand for positive education interventions – a relatively new topic requiring more research. We tested a positive psychology wellbeing intervention imbedded in undergraduate psy...

This study examines fifteen possible risk and protective factors for aid worker mental health under the categories of job context, work conditions and demographics. Many of these factors have not been examined previously. We use a cross‐sectional survey with 369 participants in 77 countries. Results indicate job context risk factors include emergen...

The Mindfulness Based Flourishing Program (MBFP) is a new program which combines mindfulness and positive psychology approaches to increase wellbeing (Ivtzan, Young, Martman, Jeffrey, Lomas, Hart, & Eiroa-Orosa, 2016). To date it has been tested with over 500 participants and found to have many beneficial outcomes including enhanced wellbeing and m...

Mindfulness can be successfully combined with adventure education but the area is understudied. This longitudinal quasi-experimental study investigated whether an 8-day Outward Bound Mindfulness Program in nature would increase levels of positive affect, savouring, and mindfulness. Results indicate the experimental group experienced a statistically...

The Mindfulness Based Flourishing Program (MBFP) is an online 8-week intervention developed for enhancing wellbeing with the use of mindfulness practices, through targeting a range of positive variables. The efficacy of the MBFP has been demonstrated in a randomized controlled trial, and in order to further establish it as an intervention with wide...

Abstract Aid workers experience elevated levels of stress which has a detrimental impact on individuals, organisations and the aid sector; however, there is limited qualitative research capturing aid worker’s views on stressors and coping strategies. This study used thematic analysis to examine aid workers’ views on three research questions: their...

The purpose of the present study was to test the efficacy of an 8-week online intervention-based Positive Mindfulness Program (PMP) that integrated mindfulness with a series of positive psychology variables, with a view to improving well-being scores measured in these variables. The positive mindfulness cycle, based on positive intentions and savou...

This chapter investigates how mindfulness increases both hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing. It summarises previously established mechanisms and then makes additional suggestions using past research and positive psychology concepts. Suggested mechanisms include: hope, meaning, savouring, gratitude, self-acceptance, autonomy, positive reappraisal, and...