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Principal contact
Name	Ms Alison Ogier-Price
Email	Email address is not available; please contact keadmin@tepou.co.nz for more information.
The research
Summary	The objective of the research project is to investigate whether the increase in subjective wellbeing (SWB) that may occur after a positive life change is made, can be sustained over time through the habitual practice of an intervention.
Objectives	• An increase in SWB can be achieved through the implementation of a positive life change. • Any increase in SWB achieved will reduce over time (hedonic adaptation). • An intervention can be used to prevent or reduce the effect of hedonic adaptation over time.
Study design	• All participants have been recruited through advertisement in newspapers, and have registered their participation on a website, and provided demographic details. • Participants complete a questionnaire designed to test subjective wellbeing at various times throughout the study • Participants are directed and supported to implement and document a positive life change. • Participants are randomly assigned to control and experimental groups • EG Participants are assigned 1 of 2 active interventions designed to direct either appreciation or attention to the positive life change that was made, once per week. • CG Participants are assigned a passive activity to practice once per week.
Methods	Survey, Quantitative, Action Research
Results
Conclusions
Key Descriptors	Promotion, Intervention/Treatment
Disciplines	Psychology
Settings	Community
Diagnostic Categories	Depression, Mood & Affective Disorders
Populations	General Population
Other Keywords	Positive Psychology Wellbeing Sustaining Happiness
Ethics approval	Yes
Academic led	Yes
Service led	No
How were service users involved	Participants of the research
Publication in peer review journal	No
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