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O p e n P o l y t e c h n i c o f N e w Z e a l a n d
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The GROW Project: Building the world’s largest and most in-depth psychological study
How can you assess and track 20 million peoples’
wellbeing worldwide?
Facebook? / Google?
Research grants?
Philanthropy?
Partner with government and global projects?
Dictatorship?
Lotto?
Start a business and foundation
GROW: HistoryBeginning in 2010, leading wellbeing scientists began to discuss, design, and forge collaborations with different psychology research laboratories in order to create an ambitious project to continually assess and track 20 million people worldwide using 20 languages. Rolling launch from 16th April 2012, soft launch till 16th May.
GROW: The Basics
GROW does online wellbeing assessments for four target markets:
Individuals (16+) – get reports
Helping Professionals – get access to reports
Organisations – get group level (N = 15+) reports
Researchers (academic & commercial) – get data (raw & scored)
GROW is based in science, comprehensive, elegant and user-
friendly
GROW Chief Scientists
Dr. Aaron JardenAssociate Professor Todd Kashdan Dr. Dan Wejeirs Dr. Jo Mitchell
GROW: Overview
Modular survey
Comprehensive
Scientific
Online
Real time results
Ideas for change
Privacy protected
3rd party providers
GROW Assessment
GROW Report
GROW Programs
High Wellbeing
GROW: The basics
GROW Assessment
GROW Report
GROW Programs
High Wellbeing
Global Life Satisfaction
Happiness
Flourishing
Stress
Meaning in Life
Connectedness
Depression
Life Domains
Temporal Life satisfaction
Anxiety
Emotions Balance
Life Position
Curiosity
Values Alignment
Valued Living (V2)
Competence (V2)
Autonomy (V2)
Grit (perseverance) (V2)
Resilience( V2)
Loneliness (V2)
Hope (V2)
Vitality (V2)
Gratitude (V2)
Self-Acceptance(V3)
Personal Growth (V3)
Enviro Mastery (V3)
Strengths Use (V3)
Time Use (V3)
Work Satisfaction (V3)
Engagement (V3)
Trust & Belonging (V3)
Mindfulness (V3)
Demographics
Physical Health
+ & - Events (V3)
Lifestyle factors
50 Free Text Questions
In all 69 Core Questions, 39 Optional Questions, 27 Demo & Lifestyle.
About 15 minutes per assessment if completed in full
Our goal is to have the most scientifically robust and comprehensive wellbeing
assessment in the market
GROW: Assessment
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GROW Assessment
GROW Report
GROW Programs
High Wellbeing
Our goal is a simple tool to aid understanding and help individuals
decide what actions to take
Confidential to individuals – can be shared online
Individual and group scores over time
Simple explanations of why each measure matters
Science based recommendations for focus areas
Weekly, monthly, 3 monthly, 6 monthly, yearly.
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GROW Report
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Our goal is to point to the best 3rd party tools and programs, and to test and
prove their efficacy at raising wellbeing
GROW: Programs
GROW: Programs
GROW: Working examplesHelping Professionals – managing clients:
Initially assesses their wellbeing before contact.
Tracks changes in their wellbeing and key indicators over time (email reminders).
Proactively identifies relapse (every 6 months).
Organisations:
GROW: ChallengesHow do you build a multipurpose assessment, that is psychometrically sound, relevant and useful for multiple groups and purposes, brief, yet also flexible over time to capitalise on the best science?
How can you make such a tool widely available? - i.e., what are the current barriers (price, technology), what are the ideal enabling conditions for target users?
Speed of responding vs quality of response, and other psychometric issues?
GROW’s three guides: Technology, Entertainment, & Design.
How can you get respondents / participants motivated to continually come back?
SDT (autonomy, competence, & relatedness) and gaming.
Email reminders.
Sharing reports.
Accountable to person paying and sharing with.
GROW: ChallengesLearning from one major precursor project – The International Wellbeing Study.
Stratified international sample.
Real time results.
Getting the scientists involved and on board – Researcher version, the GROW Foundation.
Adhering to best and ethical practice in a new area (online assessment).
Our goal is for GROW to be used by multiple groups in order to create a large international dataset, internationally useful for National Accounts of Wellbeing.
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