1. 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

2. 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

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

4. 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.

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. 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).

9. 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).

10. 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.

11. GROW: Report

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16. 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

17. GROW: Programs

18. GROW: Programs

19. GROW: Working examples
Helping Professionals – managing clients:
Initially assesses their wellbeing before contact.
Tracks changes in their wellbeing and key indicators over time ( reminders).
Proactively identifies relapse (every 6 months).
Organisations:

20. 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.
reminders.
Sharing reports.
Accountable to person paying and sharing with.

21. 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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