Hopelab Foundation Inc

Programs: Program activities related to resilience:hopelab continued to investigate the nature of resilience and its role in supporting both psychological well-being and physical health. This portfolio of work is based on insights from scientific research illuminating the psychology of resilience. Our work defines three key components of resilience as: purpose a far-reaching, steady goal; something personally meaningful and self-transcending connection an authentic relationship with others; a sense of belonging control our belief in the power to affect our destinies; the engine of motivation we believe that through understanding the psychology of resilience, we can support individuals in persevering through adversity and responding to lifes challenges in healthy ways. Projects included scientific studies, user-centered design intervention efforts, and product development initiatives in collaboration with partners. This track of work also includes activities related to emotional and mental health. Program activities related to cancer: hopelab continued distribution and marketing activities to support use of its evidence-based re-mission 2 online games and mobile app designed to support treatment adherence in teens and young adults with cancer; re-mission 2 is the newest iteration of hopelabs original re-mission video game released in 2006. The games are publicly available free of charge at the product website administered by hopelab (www. Re-mission2. Org), and the app is available as a free download via google play and itunes. Hopelab actively promoted re-mission 2 to young cancer patients, clinicians and health professionals, and the general public through conferences, speaking engagements, and social media marketing activities and continued to disseminate insights from re-mission/re-mission 2 research in order to catalyze broad development of evidence-based tools for social benefit. Hopelab conducted design research exploring behavioral interventions for adolescent and young adu