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 IntegratingTechnologyinPositivePsychologyPracticeopensnewavenuesusingtechnologytoenhance thequalityofpersonalexperiences,toincreasewell-being,empowermentandconnectednessonthelevel ofindividuals,aswellasorganizationsandsociety. Theeditorsofthisvolumehavechallengedtheircontributingauthorstothinkbeyondtraditional positivepsychology.Theyshowhowemergingtechnologiescanbeofaddedvaluetodesigninterven-tionsthatengage,empowerandthatfostersocialinteractionstochangethecapabilitiesofindividuals andorganizationstoplayanactiveroleinthemanagementofhealthandwell-being. Thenoveltyofthevolume’sadvocatedapproachistwofold,theuseofemergingtechnologiestome-diatepersonalexperiencesandtheinterdisciplinarybasedapproachofpositivepsychology.Ratherthan consideringtechnologyasamediumortooltoexchangeinformationandtointeractinauserfriendly andlow-costsetting,theeditorsshowhowemergingtechnologiescanenhancepersonalexperiences inthreeways,namelybystructuring,providingagoal-orientedfeedbacksystemtofocusonparticipa-tionintheexperience,byaugmentingtoachievemultimodal,interactiveexperiencesandbyreplacing, usingvirtualrealitiestosimulatephysicalpresenceinasyntheticworld.Itisatthatedge,thatsetsthis volumeapartfromthetraditionalviewontechnologyusedinpositivepsychologyresearchandpractice. Thetechnologyperspective,expressedinthemanychapters,revealsaninterdisciplinaryresearch andeducationareaforpositivetechnologythatisinnovative,dynamic,wellthoughtoutandatthesame timecritical,transcendingthetraditionaluseoftechnologyashelpfultomerelyimprovetheaccessibil-ity,affordabilityandefficiencyofhealthcareserviceswithintheinstitutionalcontextsofcare,cureand prevention.Technologyhasthecapacitytocreatevirtualpersuasiveenvironmentsthatprovidesimul-taneouslymultimodalcuesandpsycho-physiologicalfeedbackforpersonalchangebystrengthening emotional,socialandphysicalpresence.Besidestechnologycanbeusedtocollectandanalyzedataby self-trackingbehaviors,emotions,thoughtspresentingaquantifiedholisticself-conceptthatwillshed newlightsonhowtechnologyintegratesinourlives,healthandwell-being,andhowpeopleengageeach otherandtheirenvironmentsusingunobtrusiveandpervasivetechnologies.Theeditorshavestrivedto presentemergingtechnologiesnotjustasnewdevicestosupporthealthandwell-beingbutasmovements towardsanewframeworkforpositivetechnologyandtocontributetotheongoingscientificdebateon theactiveroleofpeopleinconstructingaparticipatoryhealthysociety. Thevolumepresentsacohesiveunderstandingofhowtechnologyintegratesinpositivepsychologyby dividingthebookintofiveinterrelatedsections.Theyintroducethethreepillarsofpositivetechnology, empowerment,engagementandchange,andhowdesigncaninfluenceusers’psychologicalwell-being (section1,2).Thetheoreticalconceptsthatunderpinthethreepillarsareappliedinthedesignofpositive interventionsindifferentfields;healthcare,gamesforwell-beingandvirtualrealitiesforcognitionand xvi

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Foreword stress(section3-5).Thisorganizationofthevolumefacilitatesreaderstointernalizenovelconceptson positivetechnologyandtounderstandhowtheseconceptscanbeimplementedineducation,research andpractice.Theattemptstodevelopandunfoldtheideasonhowtointegratepositivetechnologyin practicerunasatransversalthroughthevolumetakingreadersbythehandonajourneytoparticipate inthoughtsanddebateonpositivetechnology. Theeditorsandcontributingauthorshavedrawnontheirknowledge,experiencesinresearchand teachingontheintersectionbetweenpsychology,humaninteractionandmachinecognition,neuroscience andemergingtechnologies.Thishasresultedinavolumethatisofgreatvaluetostudents,healthcare workers,researcherswithaninterestinengineering,psychologyandhealthcare.

Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen

University Of Twente, The Netherlands November, 2015

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