RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

Annalise Roache is a PhD candidate at Auckland University of Technology and a graduate of the Master of Science (Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology) at the University of East London (UEL). Annalise’s research interests are Positive Psychology and wellbeing studies, especially the relationship between theory and practice.

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PhD. Research focus

Annalise’s PhD topic is entitled The Model of Elemental Wellbeing: Lay concepts of Wellbeing. An empirical study of New Zealand adults. This study, of New Zealand adults (n=1064), explores what people believe wellbeing is and what makes it better, and what makes it worse. Utilising Reflexive Thematic Analysis (n=476), Annalise has identified interesting similarities and differences to well-known wellbeing theory. Click here to learn more about the Model of Elemental Wellbeing developed from these findings.

This study’s objectives will be achieved through four key research aims:

  1. To capture lay opinions about wellbeing as a phenomenon in a New Zealand context.
  2. To explore the difference in words and phrases used by laypeople to discuss wellbeing at an individual and subgroup level.
  3. To explore how laypeople self-report on wellbeing literacy, mental health, and wellbeing.
  4. To identify what similarities and differences are evident between lay conceptions of wellbeing and the prominent wellbeing theory used in positive psychology.

The benefits of this study include the identification of lay theories of wellbeing and a bridging of the gap between scientific theory and lay opinion, which could potentially provide insights into intervention and programme design to support the wellbeing of New Zealand citizens.

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Ethical guidelines for Positive Psychology Practice

Annalise is fortunate to be part of a small but mighty research group with Dr Aaron Jarden, Dr Tayyab Rashid, and Dr Tim Lomas. We have developed the first-ever Ethical Guidelines for Positive Psychology Practice, a proud achievement launched at the 2019 International Positive Psychology Association World Congress in Melbourne, Australia. These guidelines cover aspects such as who has the ‘right’ to practice positive psychology and how best practice can be supported and upheld. Throughout, we focus specifically on the development of ethical protocols, drawing on guidelines in counselling, coaching, health-related fields, and psychotherapy. To date, the guidelines have been translated into ten languages and growing.

We are committed to reviewing and republishing the guidelines on a bi-annual basis, with version two published in July 2021. We welcome feedback and support, so please do get in touch if you are interested in contributing to this vital piece of work or translating it to another language. See here for open access publications.

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Masters research focus

Research publications

Jarden, A., Roache, A., Jarden, R. (2024). Measuring wellbeing in coaching. In J. Passmore, B. Bajaj, & L. Oades (Eds.), The Health & Wellbeing Coaches Handbook, Chapter 20, pp. 200-217, Abingdon, Routledge. 

Roache, A. (2023). Just because a coach can coach, should they coach? In W.-A. Smith, E. H. Pontes, D. Magadlela, & D. Clutterbuck (Eds.), Ethical Case Studies for Coach Development and Practice (pp. 40-43). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/b23351 

Jarden, A., & Roache, A. (2023). What is wellbeing? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065006 

Roache., A, Jarden, A, Rashid, T, & Lomas, T. (2023). Positive ethical practice for coaching excellence and wellbeing. In W-A. Smith, J. Passmore, E. Turner, Y-L. Lai, and D. Clutterbuck  (Eds.), The ethical coaches’ handbook: A guide to developing ethical maturity in practice, pp. 251-266. London: Routledge.

Jarden, A., Rashid, T., Roache, A., Lomas, T., Yuan, A., Wu, Y., & Chengqing, Z. (2021).Ethical guidelines for positive psychology practice (Chinese: Version 2). International Journal of Wellbeing, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v11i3.3685

Jarden, A., Rashid, T., Roache, A., & Lomas, T. (2021). Ethical guidelines for positive psychology practice (version 2.0). International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(3), 1-36. doi: https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v11i3.1819

Jarden, A., Rashid, T., Roache, A., & Lomas, T., Karavakou, V., & Seryianni, C. (2021). Ethical guidelines for positive psychology practice (version 1.0: Greek). International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(3), 1-36. doi:10.5502/ijw.v9i3.1559

Jarden, A., Rashid, T., Roache, A., Lomas, T., & Adiguzel, G. (2020). Pozitif Psikoloji Uygulamalarında Etik İlkeler(sürüm 1.0: Turkish). International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(3), 1-33. doi:10.5502/ijw.v9i3.1435

Jarden, A., Rashid, T., Roache, A., Lomas, T., Trinh, S., &Jonsdottir, H. K. (2020). Guide éthique de la pratique de la psychologie positive (version 1.0: French). International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(3), 1-33. doi:10.5502/ijw.v9i3.1213

Jarden, A., Rashid, T., Roache, A., Lomas, T., &Giraldez-Hayes, A. (2020). Ethical guidelines for positive psychology practice (version 1.0: Spanish). International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(3), 1-33. doi:10.5502/ijw.v9i3.1161

Jarden, A., Rashid, T., Roache, A., Lomas, T., Beicker, J., & Stricker, J. (2020). Ethical guidelines for positive psychology practice (version 1.0: Danish). International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(3), 1-32. doi:10.5502/ijw.v9i3.1189

Jarden, A., Rashid, T., Roache, A., Lomas, T., HassaniRaad, M., Taghva, N. (2020). Ethical guidelines for positive psychology practice (version 1.0: Persian). International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(3), 1-30. doi:10.5502/ijw.v9i3.1133

Jarden, A., Rashid, T., Roache, A., Lomas, T., Bidese, C., Callegaro, V., &Ruschel R. (2019). Diretrizeséticas para prática de psicologiapositiva(version 1.0: Portuguese). International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(3), 1-32. doi:10.5502/ijw.v9i3.1071

Jarden, A., Rashid, T., Roache, A., Lomas, T., Zadykian, N., &Tsvetkova, N. (2019). Ethical guidelines for positive psychology practice (version 1.0: Russian). International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(3), 1-36. doi:10.5502/ijw.v9i3.1053

Jarden, A., Rashid, T., Roache, A., Lomas, T., Heekerens, J., & Dreisörner, A. (2019). Ethical guidelines for positive psychology practice (version 1.0: German). International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(3), 1-36. doi:10.5502/ijw.v9i3.993

Lomas, T., Roache, A., Rashid, T., & Jarden, A. (2019). Developing ethical guidelines for positive psychology practice: An ongoing, iterative, collaborative endeavour. Journal of Positive Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2019.165189

Jarden, A., Rashid, T., Roache, A., & Lomas, T. (2019). Ethical guidelines for positive psychology practice (version 1.0: English). International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(3), 1-30. doi:10.5502/ijw.v9i3.921

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