Three Minute Quiz - The Institute of Positive Psychology Coaching

1. Which one of the following sentences best describes Positive Psychology Coaching?

Positive Psychology coaching is a way of thinking, being and staying positive in one’s outlook and behaviours for optimal well-being.

Positive Psychology coaching is evidence-based coaching that combines both positive psychology and coaching psychology for well-being, potential, strengths, performance and achievement of goals.

Positive Psychology coaching helps individuals to ignore negative emotions.

2. As a coach, I am practising Positive Psychology Coaching when...

In a coaching session I use the Positive Psychology Intervention (PPI) Best Possible Self with my clients to help them create their desired future while enhancing their well-being.

I suggest that my client completes the Values In Action (VIA) Character Strengths Inventory to discover their top character strengths.

When the client’s agenda has a well-being focus, I coach my client on how to manage their stress using an evidence-based approach such as solution-focused coaching or cognitive-behavioural coaching, and draw from theories around resilience.

All of the above.

3. Positive Psychology Coaching is an emerging field, can you estimate how many scientific papers in recent years mention “Positive Psychology Coaching”?

159

Around 600

Around 1100

4. I would use Positive Psychology Coaching when my client wants to...

Work on their health and wellbeing.

Work on their performance at work and on getting a promotion.

Work on improving their resilience.

PPC can be applied in all of the above.

5. True or false: According to Green and Palmer (2018), the optimal Positive Psychology Coaching process generally uses the RAW-model of Flourishing.

True

False

6. What would you say is the main focus of Positive Psychology Coaching?

Helping people to discover their strengths and how to use them.

Helping people to become more resilient.

Helping people to manage their stress better.

None of the above.

7. One of the pillars of Martin Seligman’s PERMA wellbeing model is Engagement (E). Can you guess the percentage of the people that are engaged at work according to the 2022 Gallup Global Workplace Report?

81%

46%.

21%

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