Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) Capstone Projects
The MAPP Capstone is an independent project that integrates what the student has learned in the program and advances the application of Positive Psychology.
If you are a MAPP graduate and would like to have your Capstone project uploaded onto this site, please submit your Capstone. If you are the only author on your Capstone project, your decision to upload the document will serve as your agreement to the terms (individual authors do not actually have to submit an agreement form). If you completed a Capstone project with multiple authors, each author will need to submit an Author Agreement form. Please send the completed forms to Aaron Boczkowski (aaronb2@sas.upenn.edu) and Kenny Whitebloom (libraryrepository@pobox.upenn.edu). Once received, one of the authors can upload the Capstone.
Papers from 2010
The Hero Pledge: A Public Engagement Initiative of the Heroic Imagination Project, Zuzana Žilková
Papers from 2009
Cultivated Positive Emotions Inspire Environmentally Responsible Behaviors, David M. Carter
Cultivating Positive Project Teams: Accelerating Time to Team Formation, Adrienne E. Keane
What Good is Positive Business?, Michelle McQuaid and Bobby Dauman
Experiential Learning Groups: History, an Exploratory Case Study, and Possible Mechanisms of Change, Steve J. Safigan
Papers from 2008
Shift Happens: Using Social-Emotional Leadership to Construct Positive, Sustainable Cultural Change, Louis Alloro
Greatness: The Aspiration and Goal of Psychology, Scott A. Asalone
Analysis of Positive Psychology Training at Geelong Grammar School, Kirsten J. Cronlund
Optimistic Managers & Their Influence on Productivity & Employee Engagement in a Technology Organization, Margaret H. Greenberg Mrs. and Dana R. Arakawa Dr.
Exploring the Character Strengths of an Oral Tradition: Vanuatu through analysis of its archived oral legends, Virginia U. Millar
Positive Psychology and Positive Interventions for Nurses, Catharine L. Parsons Ms.
Nobel Strengths: The Attributes of Scientists by CAVE, Gregory R. Quinting PhD
Papers from 2007
Something Larger: An Evolutionary Account of the Meaningfulness of Life, Derrick Carpenter
A Comparative Study of the Effects of Hatha Yoga and Seated Meditation on Mood Elevation, deborah r. cohen
Appreciating Beauty in the Bottom 80, Christine Duvivier
Positive Psychology Toolkit for Coaches: Book Proposal, Debra Giffen and Emiliya Zhivotovskaya
Enhancing the Wellbeing of Incarcerated Females: A Pilot Study, Sandra C. Lewis
Papers from 2006
Character Strengths and Type: Exploration of Covariation, Kathryn H. Britton and Sulynn Choong
Building a Foundation for Positive Psychology in Schools, Sherri W. Fisher and David N. Shearon
Optimistic Managers & Their Influence on Productivity & Employee Engagement in a Technology Organization, Margaret H. Greenberg Mrs. and Dana Arakawa
No Pain More Gain, Emma Judge and Sasha Heinz
Recrafting Work: A Model for Workplace Engagement and Meaning, Gordon H. Parry