Open Polytechnic of New Zealand The GROW Project: Building the world’s largest and most in-depth psychological study Dr. Aaron Jarden Open Polytechnic of New Zealand www.growhq.com

How can you assess and track 20 million peoples’ wellbeing worldwide? Facebook? / Google? Research grants? Philanthropy? Partner with government and global projects? Dictatorship? Lotto? Not a sales pitch Cost about 5 Million – so grants probably not enough Start a business and foundation

Not a sales pitch Cost about 5 Million – so grants probably not enough

GROW: History Beginning 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 Child and Adolescent Version

GROW Chief Scientists Dr. Aaron Jarden Associate Professor Todd Kashdan Dr. Dan Wejeirs Dr. Jo Mitchell

GROW: Overview Modular survey Real time results 3rd party providers GROW Assessment GROW Report GROW Programs High Wellbeing Modular survey Real time results 3rd party providers Comprehensive Ideas for change Scientific Privacy protected Online

GROW: The basics GROW Assessment GROW Report GROW Programs High Wellbeing Our goal is to have the most scientifically robust and comprehensive wellbeing assessment in the market Global Life Satisfaction Life Position Gratitude (V2) Demographics Happiness Curiosity Self-Acceptance(V3) Physical Health Flourishing Values Alignment Personal Growth (V3) + & - Events (V3) Stress Valued Living (V2) Enviro Mastery (V3) Lifestyle factors Meaning in Life Competence (V2) Strengths Use (V3) 50 Free Text Questions Connectedness Autonomy (V2) Time Use (V3) Depression Grit (perseverance) (V2) Work Satisfaction (V3) In all 69 Core Questions, 39 Optional Questions, 27 Demo & Lifestyle. Life Domains Resilience( V2) Engagement (V3) Temporal Life satisfaction Loneliness (V2) Trust & Belonging (V3) About 15 minutes per assessment if completed in full Anxiety Hope (V2) Mindfulness (V3) Emotions Balance Vitality (V2) The GROW assessment measures 30 different domains of functioning related to wellbeing, including negative aspects (such as depression, anxiety, stress, resilience, distress tolerance, loneliness, etc) and positive aspects (such as life satisfaction, happiness, flourishing, strengths use, engagement, positive emotions, etc).

GROW: Assessment The GROW assessment measures 30 different domains of functioning related to wellbeing, including negative aspects (such as depression, anxiety, stress, resilience, distress tolerance, loneliness, etc) and positive aspects (such as life satisfaction, happiness, flourishing, strengths use, engagement, positive emotions, etc).

GROW: The basics 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.

GROW: Report

GROW: Report

GROW: Report

GROW: Report

GROW: Report

GROW: The basics GROW Assessment GROW Report GROW Programs High Wellbeing 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 examples Helping 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: Challenges How 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: Challenges Learning 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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