There is growing evidence of the effectiveness of Positive Psychology Interventions (PPIs) to enhance subjective and psychological well-being in different populations, and the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are becoming into a key help to increase the efficiency of this type of interventions. Recently, the use of technology to foster well-being and personal growth has been named as Positive Technology. The aim of this paper is to describe and to present data about a positive technology example (EARTH of Well-being system) and to examine its usefulness in different populations and settings. Data of four studies are presented: two with non-clinical population (university students) and two with clinical population (cancer patients). Outcomes show that this system is capable of promoting subjective well-being in both populations. Also, its efficacy was proved in different settings (laboratory and hospital contexts). Limitations and future research are discussed.
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Espinoza, M., Etchemendy, E., Farfallini, L., Botella, C., & Baños, R. M. (2016). A positive technology system for the promotion of well-being: From the lab to the hospital setting. In Communications in Computer and Information Science (Vol. 604, pp. 209–219). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32270-4_21
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