Positive Psychology - Science topic

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This study rigorously evaluates a mental health assessment tool for college students, grounded in the dual-continua model, which uniquely captures both positive (psychological well-being) and negative (psychological distress) mental health dimensions. Employing a sample of 312 students evenly split by gender, the research meticulously tested the to...

Positive psychology is transformative in developing individuals' self-esteem, life satisfaction, subjective happiness, and social competence. The objectives of the present study were to investigate the impact of self-esteem and overall life satisfaction on perceived social competence in university students while measuring subjective happiness as a...

Recalling positive autobiographical memories has been associated with various positive psychological outcomes, including enhanced mental well-being and self-efficacy. Given the known impact of stress on cognitive functioning, we investigated how momentary stress affects the repeated recall of selected autobiographical mastery memories (e.g., memori...

Background Mindfulness has been studied as a treatment option for a large range of psychological disorders and is associated with a multitude of positive psychological outcomes. There are now several scales for measuring mindfulness as both a trait and a state. As mindfulness potentially plays a critical role in maintaining physical activity habits...

The world of education during the COVID-19 pandemic compelled teachers and students to adapt to new and alternate learning methods. Education is the key to unlocking the future, and the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic served as an effective catalyst for transforming educational institutions to impart knowledge using web-based technology. C...

Gamification represents a novel technological approach that significantly enhances learners' motivation and ambition to advance in their educational pursuits. Gamification represents a significant tool in the advancement of digital platforms and learning management systems. Ambition represents a significant variable within the field of positive psy...

Inclusion of children with ASD in "normal" primary schools requires to be ready to facing some difficulties in self-efficacy, self-esteem, well-being and perceived stress and to be aware of the specific needs of children with ASD. We question how positive psychology allow to develop self-efficacy, self-esteem and well-being while reducing perceived...

Objective: This study aims to explore the relationship between well-being and Korean language learning achievement among Chinese university students. In recent years, research on positive psychology, especially the impact of well-being on student learning outcomes, has gained increasing attention. While previous studies have examined the effects of...

Background: Among all professions, teaching is significantly affected by psycho-social risks with approximately 33.33% of educators reporting work-related fatigue. Suggestopedia, an effective pedagogical approach developed in Bulgaria, claims to induce positive psychological and cognitive benefits in both teachers and students. In order to gather s...

The termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality (TOPFA) represents a profound trauma for the woman and her family, leading to significant psychological distress and suffering. Rumination, particularly of the deliberate type, plays a crucial role in the recovery process, offering substantial benefits for both psychological and physical healing. T...

This study explores the impact of well-being on the learning strategies employed by Chinese university students learning Korean as a foreign language, using the PERMA model from positive psychology. The research aims to analyze in depth, through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, how the different dimensions of well-being influe...

The main objective of this chapter is to evaluate the relationship between organizational support, knowledge management and positive psychological capital, and their impact on employee satisfaction in public and private organizations. In a scenario of constant transformations in organizational structures and dynamics, the role of individuals has pr...

Background Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the most serious manifestation of coronary artery disease. At present, existing treatments cannot change the risk factors for the occurrence of the disease, so patients are prone to fear of progression or recurrence, and studies have shown that excessive fear will cause patients to over-examine, menta...

In the context of the frequent stigmatisation of BDSM practices, the aim of this review was to identify potential positive effects of BDSM practices on the psychological functioning of individuals. Additionally, the factors and mechanisms underlying these positive effects will be highlighted to guide improvements in psychological and psychotherapeu...

Background: Mindfulness meditation is increasingly recognized as a technique for enhancing emotional self-regulation. This is done especially through the use of cognitive reappraisal and reduced reliance on expressive suppression. Although there is considerable evidence to encourage hopeful expectations about mindfulness meditation’s benefits to...

Liberals tend to indicate being less happy than conservatives; although one perspective suggests this happiness gap reflects liberals’ enhanced concern over the systemic maltreatment of others, the “maladjustment perspective” suggests it reflects, in part, liberals’ tendencies to reject aspects of conservatism that support agency and produce some l...

The core element of successful language acquisition lies in the active participation of students. When exploring factors that enhance the academic performance of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students, teacher emotional support has always been a focal point of academic research. With the application of positive psychology, researchers are inc...

Purpose This article seeks to explore the key motivational factors driving Generation Z (Gen Z), within the context of the significant influence of the digital paradigm, employing the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) as a content motivational framework. Design/methodology/approach Utilizing an abductive methodology, the study combines deductive ins...

Ethics is concerned not only with moral reasoning – how people should make judgments about what is ‘right’ and what is ‘wrong’ – but also how people decide what is ‘right’ or ‘wrong.’ To date, however, engineering ethics education (EEE) has mostly focused on ethical reasoning. As with other foundational disciplines of ethics education, several diff...

Background Chinese medical students face rigorous academic demands and exacting professional challenges, which lead to significant psychological stress. Understanding perceived stress and psychological resilience is key to enhancing emotional regulation and empathy. This study explores the hypothesis that psychological resilience impacts the percei...

Background In China, spouses of patients with advanced cancer have reported experiencing psychological distress. However, little attention has been paid to the positive psychological health trajectories of these caregivers, particularly regarding their resilience and the factors influencing its development over time. Purpose To examine the traject...

Background The active coping strategies of family members can help breast cancer patients better handle the crisis, and family adaptation is a manifestation of the family's active coping with the crisis. In the study of breast cancer, a disease that predominantly affects women, we explored the influence of spouses on patients' family adaptation. Th...

This study conducts a meticulous analytical review of existing literature on positive psychology and its practical applications within the educational sector. It highlights the pivotal role of schools as enabling institutions that enhance personality characteristics, human virtues, and overall student well-being. Schools are ideal environments for...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the Multi-Component Positive Psychology Intervention (MPPI) on adolescents’ risky behaviors and psychological flexibility. The study utilized a convergent parallel design, a mixed-method research design. While the quantitative phase included a 2 × 3 factorial design, the qualitative phase in...

Purpose Due to dynamic work contexts, mid-level managers struggle to advance their careers in contemporary organisations. Literature has consistently showcased that leadership style and gender significantly impact subordinates’ career and work-related outcomes. This study investigates the relationship between authentic leadership, gender, perceived...

There is a strong rationale for the promotion of mental wellbeing in elite sport development pathways although evidence-based programs are scant. Scholarly work more broadly indicates the importance of co-design and lived experience in the development of programs targeting mental health and wellbeing for young people. Further, the evidence to date...

Background: Indonesia's location on three major tectonic plates, makes it highly susceptible to earthquakes. These disasters can cause significant material and psychological damage. Coping mechanisms are crucial for dealing with the stress following an earthquake, influencing positive psychological changes. Research also shows that resilience affec...

In navigating life, especially during adolescence, it is essential to maintain a balance between academic life and recreational activities. Students' recreational time should ideally involve meaningful, active pursuits to genuinely enhance their psychological well-being, rather than solely engaging in gadget use, which has become prevalent among st...

Background Although psychological factors play a significant role in the onset and prognosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), psychological interventions (PIs) are rarely included in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs due to inconclusive evidence regarding specific intervention components and effect sizes. This study aimed to assess the efficacy...

Background Cancer-related fatigue symptoms persist throughout the radiotherapy period in patients with esophageal cancer and show a continuous worsening trend, which seriously affects the quality of survival of patients. Therefore, monitoring patients’ fatigue status promptly, recognizing highly fatigued patients, and providing physical and psychol...

El presente trabajo se propone acercar las investigaciones que analizan la relación entre el Apoyo Social y el Bienestar Psicológico en Adultos Mayores, desde la perspectiva de la Psicología Positiva. A tal fin se seleccionaron artículos que abordan los constructos Apoyo Social y Bienestar Psicológico individualmente, y las relaciones entre ambas v...

Background: Self-esteem is a psychological term that, since its emergence in 1890 with William James, has been widely studied. Furthermore, this construct has been examined in different areas of psychology, including the clinical field, where its relationship with mental health and low levels of depression has been demonstrated. In the realm of pos...

Following the logic of the “happy-productive worker” hypothesis, organizations have been increasingly interested in new ways to elicit employee wellbeing. Consequently, research on mindfulness in work contexts has been burgeoning in recent years, as both conceptual and empirical reviews substantiated its importance as a cost-effective approach to p...

Yoga is one of the most ancient and important philosophical thought systems that originated in India about 2500 years ago. It has applicability over every human being irrespective of religion, caste creed, gender, etc. According to yoga-sutra vrittis and klesha are the fundamental ground for suffering. According to yoga the ultimate aim of life is...

While there is evidence for the effects of positive psychology interventions (PPIs) in the Western world, we know little about their effects on Arab cultures. This review aimed to assess the effects of PPIs on well-being and mental health across Arab countries. Systematic searches of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-experimental studie...

Globalization has prompted educators to focus on enhancing students' foreign language proficiency rather than merely improving language test scores. Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) is widely recognized as a active motivational factor that can significantly enhance language performance. After integrating Positive Psychology into Language Acquisitio...

"John Zelenski’s unique storytelling approach provides a broad and engaging introduction to positive psychology. Strongly guided by empirical work, and reviewing the lessons learned since the founders’ original vision of the field, this text encourages you to think critically and to look to the future by exploring positive psychology’s potential to...

Despite the ongoing debate in academic circles regarding the impact of the arts on individual and collective well-being, there is a paucity of empirical research in this area. Nevertheless, recent studies have begun to establish a significant correlation between arts engagement and a range of positive outcomes. The objective of this study is to enh...

Being an alternative to commonly applied treatments for depression, psychodramas significance and values as a type of creative therapy are often underestimated by contemporary researchers and mental health professionals; in turn, psychodrama has been less investigated and developed over the past century. Aiming to address the gap, this paper conduc...

Background Mobile phone addiction (MPA) has numerous deleterious effects on college students, including depression, anxiety, cognitive impairments, and sleep disorders. Undergraduate nursing students play a crucial role as a significant reserve workforce in clinical nursing practice, and their compromised mental health status significantly influenc...

Objective This study aimed to investigate the gratitude experience of young and middle-aged patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) during hospitalisation to provide a theoretical basis for medical professionals to develop gratitude intervention programs. Methods Patients with SMA who were treated with nusinersen in the Department of Neurology...

Interconnected components of holistic development, such as being thankful, addressing basic psychological needs, and acting effectively toward others, should be a priority for college athletes. Athletes at the College level need all-encompassing support systems to ensure their health, happiness, and success because of the special difficulties they...

Background Nurses’ self-care has been reported to enhance nurses’ mental health and the quality of care they provide to patients. However, there is a scarcity of studies exploring the factors that influence nurses’ self-care. Consequently, this study aims to investigate the current status of nurses’ self-care ability and its influencing factors, th...

Objective: Military sexual trauma (MST), childhood trauma, and combat trauma are prevalent among U.S. military personnel. Cumulative trauma exposure may hinder posttraumatic growth, a positive psychological change following traumatic events, while social support can facilitate this growth. Understanding the influence of these traumas and social sup...

At present, the mental health problems of graduate students in colleges and universities are increasing day by day, and the tutors and counselors of graduate students are indispensable roles in the training and education of graduate students, and also play a very important role in the mental health education of graduate students. From the perspecti...

In addressing the question of what mental health is we might proceed as if there is a single phenomenon—mental health—denoted by a single overarching concept. The task, then, is to provide an informative analysis of this concept which applies to all and only instances of mental health, and which illuminates what it is to be mentally healthy. In con...

Introduction Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) significantly impact patients’ quality of life. While research highlights the potential role of psychological resilience to enhance overall health and well-being in patients with chronic conditions, its specific role in the context of IBD remains underexplored. This study aimed to identify key compone...

Introduction An increasing body of research has explored the predictive effect of personality traits and affective factors on EFL learners’ willingness to communicate (WTC). However, more is needed to know about how the sub-facets of individual personality traits influence WTC in the classroom context. Therefore, drawing on positive psychology, thi...

In China, preschool teachers significantly influence the development of young children aged 3–6 years. Understanding their mental health and its associated factors is imperative to informing policies, optimizing their mental well-being, and supporting their job performance. This study aimed to investigate the factors contributing to anxiety symptom...

Introduction: Informal caregiving can lead to burnout. The relationship between burnout and negative states has been the subject of extensive research. This study analyzes the mediation role of a positive psychological variable – the quality of the carer-patient relationship – between psychological distress and informal carers’ burnout. Methods: We...

This inquiry traces the recent history of modern conceptualizations of personhood and wellbeing. It explores a general transition from traditional frameworks emphasizing social embeddedness, external obligations, and cosmic meaning to modern views privileging self-determination, authenticity, and self-expression. The inquiry shows that contemporary...

Higher levels of school connectedness are associated with better study habits, but their relationship with academic burnout and the underlying mechanisms have not been revealed. We used a questionnaire to investigate the relationship between school connectedness and academic burnout and the mediating mechanisms of burnout in a sample of 394 Chinese...

This study explores community resilience strategies, community perspectives, and challenges in disaster management. It also examines the role of local leaders and organizations in fostering resilience and the effectiveness of collaboration with external agencies in disaster preparedness and response. The purpose of this study was to identify the di...

Organisations are recognising that more needs to be done to support female talent. One response to this is women‐only leadership development programmes (WLDPs). To date, no scoping review has previously been conducted to examine the design and outcomes of these programmes. The purpose of the present review was therefore to bring together current kn...

The article examines the use of cooperative learning technologies in the professional training of nurses in Austria. It is emphasized that the nursing profession in Austrian society has a high social rating, a pronounced personal and humanistic orientation, іt is a separate profession, where a nurse is an independent specialist in the health care s...

Background Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a prevalent health issue impacting women, significantly impacting their well-being and fostering a negative attitude of femininity and menstruation. We investigated the effect of group counseling based on positive psychology on the severity of PMS symptoms. Methods Participants in the intervention group en...

Background Engaging young adults in the labor market is vital for economic growth and well-being. However, the path to employment often presents setbacks that impact motivation and psychological functioning. Research suggests exploring positive psychology interventions in job-seeking and scaling the delivery of these using technology. However, drop...

Queer individuals experience unique stressors related to their minority status, negatively impacting their mental health. One factor contributing to these disparities is exposure to minority stress, which involves social stressors related to minority status. Previous research has focused on the negative impacts of minority stress, with less attenti...

Public open spaces contain various features that have psychological effects on human mental health. Water, as one of the key elements in landscape design, not only enhances aesthetics but also provides sensory stimulation, social interaction, and psychological benefits. It possesses therapeutic qualities that promote relaxation and reduce stress. G...

This study explores the relationship between executive functions, positive psychology, and depression within the context of a positive neuropsychological framework. The participants comprised 286 university students (113 male and 173 female). The study utilized the Executive Function Index (EFI), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), and Positive...

Background: The persistence of college students’ physical exercise behavior has an important impact on their physical health level and their positive psychological effects. The health behavior ecology model is more comprehensive and progressive than other exercise psychology theories in explaining the effect of physical activity intervention on lon...

The construct of flourishing, which refers to a high level of wellbeing, is a key concept in the field of positive psychology. Nevertheless, despite the proliferation of questionnaires attempting to measure wellbeing and flourishing, there is still an ongoing debate in the scientific community about the definition and assessment of both, which make...

Orientation: Workplace spirituality may previously have been just a new buzzword in the corporate world, but it has now become a topic of serious scientific inquiry, which cannot be ignored or disregarded. The reason for the increased attention given to workplace spirituality in recent years is the positive psychological working environment that it...

The mental health of college athletes has become a priority for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and for athletic departments across numerous Colleges and Universities. Sport social work has limited research exploring empirical evidence on the use and effectiveness of specific mental health assessments for the population of colle...

Late-life foreign language education (i.e. FL geragogy, FLG) is said to be related to the maintenance or delay of age-related cognitive changes in healthy individuals and has been shown to positively affect the quality of life of older adults, the fastest-growing age group worldwide. These are also the two main reasons which seem to be behind the h...

Purpose The impact of teachers' positive psychology (PP) beliefs on their practices and the consequential influence on teaching processes and learning outcomes has been widely acknowledged. In line with PP in education, this research endeavors to examine the interconnectedness of Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ beliefs and the...

This exploratory mixed-methods study examined the relationships between foreign language enjoyment (FLE), risk-taking (RT), and oral corrective feedback (OCF) preferences among learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). Employing a triangulated research design, the study integrated quantitative data from a structured online questionnaire with...

The CanMEDS-2015 Framework outlines seven key roles expected of practicing physicians: communicator, collaborator, manager, health advocate, scholar, and professional. Critics have expressed concern about the omission of a proposed eighth role, ‘Physician as Person’ relevant to humane qualities and personal resilience of the physician. Upon further...

Research on the relevance of emotions in SLA has a long tradition and, although for a time it has focused mainly on negative emotions, the rise of positive psychology in the early 2000s has led to a change in perspective and an integration of the new trend and applied linguistics (SLA) research. One of the themes positive psychology has explored is...

Objective This qualitative study aims to explore the manifestations of posttraumatic growth among Chinese patients with Crohn’s disease from a cultural perspective and to identify the factors influencing it. Methods A descriptive qualitative research method was used. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 19 patients with Crohn’s disease fr...

Background The majority of elderly individuals prefer to spend their final days in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). ICU nurses are key providers in hospice care, and their attitudes toward death influence the quality of end-of-life nursing. Positive psychology emphasizes promoting positive attitudes toward death. A sense of meaning in life and resili...

University students are particularly vulnerable to depression. This study examines the correlations and predictive roles between self-deception, psychological capital, and depression among students from Chinese normal university. A 3-month follow-up mental health study was conducted with 260 Chinese normal university students, utilizing the Self-De...

E-Learning has become the new normal in Higher Educational Institutions across South Africa. Hence, intergration of the new learning pedagogies has initiated a shift of the norms on professional development. This paper seeks to unpack the strategies used by lecturers in the face of adversities experienced during the E-learning space pre & post Covi...

The focus of psychology has shifted significantly throughout history and separate schools of thought have developed to explain this important topic. Four major trends in modern psychology have progressed research and understanding, with each trend starting through a mindset to compensate for weakness in preceding theories. Psychoanalysis, behaviori...

This paper explores Viktor Frankl's "Man’s Search for Meaning", a foundational work in existential psychology that examines the human pursuit of meaning during suffering. It discusses the impact of Frankl's logotherapy on modern psychological practices, beginning with an analysis of how his experiences in Nazi concentration camps shaped his theorie...

Objective: To explore the current status and influencing factors of health literacy in non-dialyzed chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, and to provide a basis for developing more comprehensive and effective interventions. Methods: 206 CKD patients hospitalized or followed up in outpatient clinics in the Department of Nephrology of a tertiary hos...

The purpose of the research is to check the reliability, validity and factor structure of Rosenberg's self-esteem scale-RSES (Rosenberg, 1965). We checked reliability with the values of Cronbach α coefficients, factor structure with factor analysis and convergent validity with the Self-Esteem Scale (Lamovec, 1987), divergent validity with the GAD-7...

The aim of this research was to study the current level of preschool teachers’ partnership competence in the aspect of interacting in the teaching staff. During the research, questionnaires and statistical methods of analysis were conducted. The results of the study show that 82% of the respondents describe the psychological climate in the team as...