Table 1.

The PATH intervention components.

Module 1: Gratitude/positive affect-based exercises
Week 1	Gratitude for positive events [43]	Participants identify three positive events that have occurred in the past week and reflect on their feelings as they recall and describe these events.
2	Gratitude letter [43]	Participants write a letter of gratitude thanking a person for their support or kindness.
3	Gratitude skills application	Participants select a useful activity from the prior two weeks, consider how to adapt the activity to daily life, and develop a plan to utilize this skill regularly.
Module 2: Strengths-based exercises
Week 4	Recalling past success [44]	Participants recall an event in which they experienced success, then write about the event, their contribution to the success, and the positive feelings elicited by recalling it.
5	Using personal strengths [43]	Participants undergo a brief assessment of personal strengths, then find a new way to use one of their ‘signature strengths’ in the next 7 days.
6	Strength-based skills application	Participants select a useful activity from the prior two weeks, consider how to adapt the activity to daily life, and develop a plan to utilize this skill regularly.
Module 3: Optimism and meaning-based exercises
Week 7	Enjoyable and meaningful activities [59]	Participants complete three activities: an enjoyable activity alone, an enjoyable activity with another person, and a meaningful activity completed alone or with others.
8	The good life [60]	Participants imagine and write in detail about the best possible (realistic) future one year from now and consider small short-term steps to take toward such a future.
9	Skills application + future planning	Participants select an activity from this module and develop a plan to utilize this skill—and additional skills from the program—this week and beyond