Positive Psychology - Science topic

The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the Resilient Mindset Scale (RMS), a brief tool designed to measure resilient mindset among Turkish individuals. Additionally, the study aims to explore the relationship between resilient mindset and mental well-being among adolescents and young adults, providing further evidence in this domain....

Peter D. MacIntyre is a full professor of psychology at Cape Breton University. His research focusses on the psychology of language and communication. He has published over 150 journal articles and chapters on topics such as emotions, flow, motivation, willingness to communicate, and personality. His most cited papers often focus on methods and met...

Positive psychological factors play a pivotal role in improving cardiovascular outcomes. Gratitude interventions are among the most effective positive psychological interventions, with potential clinical applications in cardiology practice. To better understand the potential clinical effects of gratitude interventions in cardiovascular disease, fou...

In the monograph Philosophy and Psychedelics: Frameworks for Exceptional Experience, Hauskeller raises the important subject of individualization and alienation in psychedelic psychotherapy. Under the prevailing conditions of neoliberalism, Hauskeller contends that psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy appropriates Indigenous knowledges in an oppressi...

Editorial for: A new science of suffering, the wisdom of the soul, and the new behavioral economics of happiness: towards a general theory of well-being This Research Topic is designed to extend the theme of existential positive psychology (EPP) to new research areas. Theoretically, it is oriented toward a general theory of global well-being, whic...

Introduction Emerging adulthood is a period of transition between adolescence and adulthood, during which individuals explore different roles and possibilities. This period is often characterized by high levels of stress and uncertainty, which can increase the risk of depression. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between eme...

Background: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a mental health problem that affects people's lives. Although there are treatments that employ drugs and psychotherapy to decrease depression, there are a lack of studies on positive psychosocial factors, especially resilience, promotion of well-being and coping with depression. Objective: This study a...

Positive psychological interventions (PPIs) are activities that target positive variables (e.g., gratitude or kindness) to elicit a positive response in a population, such as improving adaptive functioning, promoting well-being, reducing depression, or enhancing quality of life. Despite several decades of evidence, a meta-analysis by White et al. (...

Improving educator wellbeing presents a complex challenge due to the variety of influences on wellbeing at the individual, relational, and contextual (school and policy) levels. This complexity contributes to the gap between the effectiveness of positive psychology interventions (PPIs) and their real-world success. To bridge this gap, it is essenti...

The representation gap in gifted and talented education poses a persistent challenge in educational systems worldwide. This theoretical manuscript presents the Bull’s Eye Model for Affective Development—Expansion (BEM-e) an innovative framework designed to address this gap. By incorporating elements from positive psychology, the BEM-e aims to ident...

Objective: This study aimed to bridge the knowledge gap of the relationship between extracurricular activities and happiness among high school students and the variance of well-being among types of schools and genders. Methods: Using a cross-sectional field survey, data were obtained from 503 high school students of co-educational, boys-only, and g...

Underpinned by Hayes’ (1996) cognition-affect model of writing within the background of the positive psychology movement, the study investigated how cognitive abilities and emotions contribute to second language writing proficiency. A total of 1036 EFL learners from a junior secondary school in China participated in two cognitive tests for working...

Although international students represent around 5% of the higher education population in the United States, research on psychological factors that result in this segment’s academic success remains limited. This study sought to help fill this knowledge gap by exploring success factors that affect international students’ academic progress. Specifica...

Background Post-traumatic growth (PTG) is defined as “positive psychological change experienced as a result of the struggle with high-ly challenging life circumstances”. Diagnosis of cancer leads to many psychological challenges. The recent pandemic forced oncological patients to face other multiple stressors. Resilience is a target of interest for...

Introduction: Gratitude is widely contemplated in philosophy and theology, although its dissemination in psychology and health sciences is scarce. It is defined as the cognitive and affective state of appreciation in a person favored by a benefactor’s contributions. The Gratitude Questionnaire–Six Item Form is one of the most used scales for measur...

Navigating the complexities of the daily commute, this research explores the relationship between commuting characteristics and their impact on worker well-being and performance. Through two studies, we dissect the commuting experience, examining the influence of commute time, quality, and predictability on worker wellbeing and work outcomes. This...

Worldviews are culturally derived assumptions that influence individual and collective behaviors, values, and representations of reality. The study of mental functions is not exempt from this influence, as reflected in scientific theories, methodological approaches, and empirical studies. Despite acknowledging the interplay of mental processes with...

Online communication is one of the most significant factors that affect the growth and development of contemporary college students. The purpose of this study was to examine the mechanisms of online social support in the relationship between online communication and the positive psychological capital of college students in China. Drawing on social...

Within festivals and events, film festivals are among the fastest growing cultural events in the world and are recognised as bringing environmental, sociocultural and economic benefits to host tourism destinations including enhanced well-being. These festivals are an important marketing strategy for developing destination image and attracting inter...

Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of blended working (BW) on individual payoffs like psychological ownership (PO), affective organizational commitment (AOC), and digital stress (DS). Additionally, the study also examines the moderating role of organisational optimism (OO) on the relationships stated to deter...

Self-serving biases (e.g., beliefs that one tends to perform better than peers) are generally associated with positive psychological outcomes like increased self-esteem and resilience. However, this tendency may be problematic in the context of collective action problems, wherein individuals are reliant on others’ pro-social behaviors to achieve la...

Introduction Kessler Foundation Strength Identification and Expression (KF-STRIDE) is a strength-based job interview training tool developed for young adults on the autism spectrum. The intervention is based on a positive psychology framework to increase knowledge of character strengths, and how to relate them to a future employer. The current stud...

In sharp contrast to the relevant research on positive psychological quality and academic performance in basic education, there is almost no relevant research in higher education in China. In order to explore the relationship between positive psychological quality and their academic performances of college students, and furthermore, whether positiv...

Positive psychology is a rapidly expanding and recent empirical. interdisciplinary research topic (i.e., within the last 25 years). Early evidence supported that targeting positive variables (i.e., empathy or kindness) has numerous benefits, including improving health outcomes, vocational success, psychological well-being, and interpersonal connect...

The identification of variables which facilitate good quality and quantity sleep represents an important step in tackling the current global sleep loss epidemic. Previous research has established links between good sleep and the positive psychological traits of mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude and optimism. However, studies have typically fo...

Character strengths have been found to consistently predict many positive psychological outcomes, such as well-being, life satisfaction, and mental health, but research on the topic is still at its infancy and some methodological limitations must be overcome to better understand what character strengths are and what is their role. One main issue co...

Considering the recent, burgeoning interest in positive psychology individual difference factors and the prominent role of ideal L2 self in learning foreign languages, this study is an attempt to investigate the mechanism through which Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) and L2 grit could have a mediating role in the association between ideal L2 self...

This study examines the mechanisms through which employees’ perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) facilitate their performances of extra-role behaviors (i.e., organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) and creative behaviors). Because we intended to explore employees’ extra-role behaviors in workplaces, we used the survey method and...

Background and aims: Post-traumatic growth (PTG) (Tedeschi et al., 1998) has been defined as the subjective experience of positive psychological changes in the aftermath of a traumatic experience, and some people experience these positive changes besides traumatic stress (Tedeschi and Calhoun, 1999, 2004). However, there needs to be more qualitativ...

Background: In eating disorders (EDs), cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) represents one of the first-line treatment options albeit with sub-optimal results. The assessment of cognitive balance through an index measuring increased adaptive thinking and reduced maladaptive thinking, the desired outcomes, and the ultimate goal of CBT treatments warra...

Resumo Estudos recentes apontam a gamificação como um recurso capaz de aumentar a motivação e o engajamento dos estudantes em ambientes educacionais. No entanto, um importante desafio atual é entender como a gamificação implementada é percebida pelos usuários finais. Para enfrentar esse desafio, nessa pesquisa, conduzimos um estudo observacional (t...

The purpose of the present analysis was to investigate the impact of altruistic teaching, i.e., teaching with selfless motives (a concept in positive psychology), on the students' task engagement in English essay writing. To this end, the present study adopted two designs, i.e., an experimental (comparison group, pretest-posttest) design to investi...

Positive psychology, which has been widely developed in the last twenty-three years, raises the topic of individual positive character strengths. The purpose of this study was to see a positive relationship between the existing characters, according to the constructs tested, including life satisfaction, resilience, personality and gratitude for the...

Positive psychology interventions (PPIs) are effective at increasing happiness and decreasing depressive symptoms. PPIs are often administered as self-guided web-based interventions, but not all persons benefit from web-based interventions. Therefore, it is important to identify whether someone is likely to benefit from web-based PPIs, in order to...

Background: There is a significant role for mind in health and disease. Subjective well-being (SWB) is an important indicator of a person’s psychological status beyond the traditional anxiety and depression. Shell and core (S&C) model of SWB is new modular framework has placeholders for various forms of positive feeling that can be adopted as an as...

Background: Treatment gap for common mental health problems, especially of the depressive disorders is consequential in developing countries like India. Positive mental health domains like resilience and self‑compassion have been long hailed as protective factors against depression and viable for use in therapeutic aspects. The objectives were to f...

For more than five decades, neo-liberal policies have globally eroded the Aesculapian Authority of veterinarian, an authority from ancient times similar to the divine authority of kings, queens, or sovereigns. My presentation discussed how veterinarians can use methods in positive psychology collectively and individually to reclaim our Aesculapian....

An initial reminder of three good things (TGT) increases charitable giving intentions, while reminders of three good financial things (TGFT) or three financial things (TFT) reduce them. Repeating these reminders daily during the following seven days results in even higher donation intentions for TGT, but shows no consistent additional effects for T...

Aware that criminal behavior undermines a society’s level of well-being, numerous studies on crime prevention, rehabilitation, and intervention have been conducted for many years. As new information about human behavior is discovered, various treatment and intervention techniques are utilized to regulate and cure deviant criminal behaviors. Legal p...

This is an earlier copy of an article that was published in 2022 in Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies.

Immigrants usually live under oppressive settings and experience social suffering because of the unjust socio-cultural conditions of host societies. Community participation can be particularly beneficial for them as it leads to positive outcomes and the ability to resist oppression. In this article we argue that volunteerism—a specific form of comm...

In the contemporary society, technology has emerged as a significant tool for fostering emotional expression, particularly in conveying feelings of gratitude, love, and affection towards others and oneself. This review investigated the efficacy of technology-based gratitude interventions in promoting gratitude, enhancing mental health, and improvin...

The study focuses on exploring the effects of three variables — gender, age, and gamification user types — on digital game addiction. The study enrolled a total of 422 first-year students – freshman- of a Turkish university in the Fall semester of the 2018–2019. The study employed two scales: The Turkish version of the “Gamification User Types Hexa...

Recent years have witnessed increasing attention to personality strength (grit) due to its merit in goal-seeking language learning processes. Two facets of grit, namely perseverance of effort (PE) and consistency of interest (CI), play a critical role in overcoming learning difficulties and strengthening willpower to pursue learning goals. The curr...

Guests' experience in an experiencescape (e.g., resort hotel) is a critical pathway for them to cultivate hedonic and eudaimonic well-being from the perspective of positive psychology. Nonetheless, the mechanism between guests' experience, hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, altruism and electronic word of mouth (eWOM) intention remains unexplored....

Our modern times are marked by socio-economic and cultural processes whose effects are rapidly crossing national borders and creating a global community for which multiculturalism is no longer just a concept but a social reality. As a key tool for its harmonization, intercultural education is determined, which provides conditions for interaction be...

Given that VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) is a reality on the world stage, specifically military forces must regularly grapple with such situations and deal with potentially harmful consequences. These serving members must be able to cope effectively with the inevitable stressors associated with demanding circumstances or...

Environmental decontamination after a nuclear disaster not only contributes to reducing the public’s exposure to radiation, it also introduces waste disposal issues arising from the decontamination process. In addition to that issue, the optimisation of decontamination efforts necessitates the consideration of various environmental, economic, and s...

This work constitutes a literature review that explores the significance of Orofacial Harmonization Procedures (OHP) utilizing High-Density Porous Polyethylene Facial Implants (HDPE) to enhance facial aesthetics, contouring, rejuvenation, and volume augmentation. The paper addresses both theoretical and practical aspects of these procedures, provid...

The global interest in nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEBs) has led to their establishment as mandatory building objectives in Europe for all new constructions starting in 2021. The principles outlined in the Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD) emphasize the significance of reducing energy demand through various energy efficiency measur...

Shame is an unpleasant and activating emotion that affects learners' achievement, including in mathematics, and pre-service teachers' identity development. It is closely connected with the self. The current study investigated the efficacy of an intervention adapted from positive psychology aiming to reduce pre-service primary teachers' shame in mat...

Background: The mental health of young adults, especially university students, has become an increasingly concerning issue. In order to develop targeted interventions and support initiatives, it is essential to comprehend distinct mental health profiles and identify vulnerable groups among Tunisian university students. This study aimed to achieve t...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand to study and work from home has become of great importance. While recent research has provided evidence for the negative influence of remote studying on the mental and physical health of students, less is known about digital well-being interventions to mitigate these effects. This study had two objectives: 1)...

The COVID-19 pandemic represents an event that placed humanity in a context where confrontation with uncertainty, isolation, life threats, and significant changes in one's life were on a scale that exceeded by far any previous individual or community crises. The interest of the present research was to investigate the relationship between meaning in...

Ideological and political education in universities focuses on cultivating people’s good psychological qualities and regards positive psychology as an important entry point for the construction of ideological and political culture. This will provide new ideas for the reform and innovation of modern education. This study selected 300 students from s...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of our ecosystem and demonstrated a crucial need to address sustainability across the fashion supply chain, including the end-use consumer. As consumers become more conscious and demand sustainable fashion, the question of whether the pandemic has shaped such behaviors for long-term transitions re...

Objective To understand status quo of breastfeeding motivation and its influencing factors in primiparas, and provide evidence for breastfeeding intervention to extend breastfeeding time. Methods A convenience sampling method was used to select 336 primiparas who visited two outpatient clinics of 2 tertiary A hospitals in Henan Province from Novem...

Background: Work safety is urgently needed in the workplace. Occupational safety includes physical and psychological. The concept of occupational safety focuses not only on the safety of the body but also on the state of mind and ruhani by using concepts that are in the Qur 'an with a psychological approach. So with the concept of safety work, acci...

The concept of psychological flourishing is one of the most important modern variables in positive psychology. These include positive feelings, mental integration, positive relationships, meaning of life, mental and social performance are among the signs of high mental health, as it keeps the individual away from mental disorders and has a high abi...

In the current research, the researchers aim to identify the positive psychological capital and self-awareness of the students of Salah Al-Din University, through the objectives of the research, which are to indicate the levels of positive psychological capital and self-awareness in the sample as a whole, and to identify the semantics of the differ...

International Positive Psychology Association World Congress (IPPA) 2023 Presentation - The impact of self-efficacy and optimism on Melbourne business owners’ post-traumatic growth post-pandemic: A gendered perspective

Well-being associated with optimism, social support, and self-esteem is positively correlated with career decision. In this perspective, a rather recent concept of flourishing as an integrative notion incorporating these different resources, positive affect, and positive experience is particularly relevant to better understand the relations and cor...

In this study, we examine (1) the effect of leader consideration and information sharing on follower proactive behavior, and (2) the sequential mediating role of positive psychological capital (PsyCap) and job satisfaction. Data were collected from a pair of 369 leader-followers, with followers responding to their PsyCap, job satisfaction, and lead...

The aim of this study was to Analysed the influence of Chinese traditional culture identity education on the positive psychology of university students. The study selected 200 students as the research object and divided into experimental group and control group. The students in the experimental group received traditional cultural identity education...

Background：With the continuous improvement of people's health needs, the public's requirements for medical care are also getting higher and higher. Work engagement is a positive psychological state related to the work. It is very important to maintain nurses' work engagement, however, due to many factors, the level of nurses' work engagement is not...

Background: The present study aimed to develop and validate the Character Strengths Test 24 (CST24), a simple scale consisting of 24 character strengths represented by one concept word and one sentence each. Three studies were conducted to examine the validation and utility of the CST24 for future research. Methods: Three internet-based surveys...

Positive psychology is the scientific study of human thoughts, feelings and behaviour that focuses on building resources rather than treating illness. The current pilot study utilised qualitative methods to explore an intervention, ‘Tweens’, based on proven methods from positive psychology. Tweens was designed to be suitable for adolescents aged 11...

Targeting college students in the new era, this paper introduces the variable of psychological capital from the perspective of positive psychology and discusses the relationship between psychological capital and mental health based on the present situation of college students in Nanjing. Meanwhile, it puts forward some countermeasures and suggestio...

The focus on the negative side of technology has become a prominent factor in the understanding of the interactions between humans and technology. However, there is a positive side to technology use that has been less investigated in scientific research. Well-being researchers have determined that it is not just the absence of negative emotions or...

0000-0001-9402-7535 RESUMO: Este estudo realizou uma revisão sistemática da literatura de pesquisas brasileiras que usaram os conceitos da Psicologia Positiva no âmbito da Psicologia do Esporte e do Exercício Físico e do Exercício Físico (PEE). Foram recuperados estudos publicados em periódicos que abordaram as Teorias de Bem-Estar e do Flow. A bus...

Teacher resilience has been an increasingly hot topic in the booming perspective of positive psychology. It has often been conceptualized as the capacity to bounce back from teaching adversities that form in the process of dynamic and complex interaction and interconnection between teachers and the context in which they operate. However, scant atte...

This study aims to analyze optimism in coronary heart patients and analyze the optimism of coronary heart patients based on gender differences. This type of research is survey research with a quantitative approach. The population in this study were coronary heart disease patients who had been clinically diagnosed by a doctor and were undergoing out...

Background Positive psychology interventions are known to have an impact on mental health as well as on a number of beneficial characteristics like optimism, gratitude and self-efficacy. The Positive Emotions Training (PoET) is one of the first holistic training programs covering eleven positive psychology constructs. The goal of this study was to...

Background Social isolation, loneliness and difficulties in relationships are often described as a core feature of eating disorders. Based on the experimental research, we have designed one-off workshops for patients in inpatients and day care services and evaluated its acceptability and effectiveness using feedback questionnaires. Methods This na...

The social and emotional health of adolescents is increasingly a concern worldwide. To date, there remains a lack of research on how school climate influences adolescents’ learning experiences and their social and emotional health. To address this gap in the literature, this critical review addresses the role that the school climate plays in an ado...

Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore the status of financial toxicity (FT) in advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) patients and analyze the influencing factors, which will provide a basis for developing targeted intervention plans to reduce FT levels in advanced CRC patients. Method The convenience sampling method was used to select 264 pati...

Background: Meaning in life, defined by an individual's understanding and appreciation of life, is a vital aspect of a positive psychological state, that has a significant influence on physical and mental health. Therefore, improving the sense of meaning in life among nursing students has emerged as a crucial concern in nursing education. This stu...