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Systematic review of character development in low- and middle-income countries The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 David Jeffery-Schwikkard, Junying Li, Phalasha Nagpal, Tim Lomas
Character strengths and development is one of the most important and influential areas of positive psychology. Yet most of this research involves – as per the field generally – research in high inc...
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Correction The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-03-12
Published in The Journal of Positive Psychology: Dedicated to furthering research and promoting good practice (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Lessons from debates about foundational positive psychology theories & frameworks: Positivity Ratio, Broaden & Build, Happiness Pie, PERMA to PERMA+4 The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Daniel Martin, Stewart I. Donaldson
Positive psychology examines psychological phenomena that make life worth living. Critics of the field have argued that it engages in poor methodological and measurement practices. To elucidate som...
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Can happiness make a house a home? The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Liudmila Titova, Laura A. King
Four studies addressed the question, can happiness make a house a home? Studies 1 and 2 showed that the hominess of a residence, whether self-rated (Study 1, N = 797) or coded from narratives (Stud...
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On the importance of attending to meaning, contextualization, and collaboration for character intervention development for adolescents The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Sarah A. Schnitker, Merve Balkaya-Ince, Benjamin Houltberg
Positive psychology offers numerous evidence-based interventions to build character strengths, but most target adults, with fewer addressing the needs of adolescents. This special issue highlights ...
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Measuring the dynamics of grace at work The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 David O’Connell, Mara Adams
Long studied in religious traditions, grace has also been explored in psychology and in contexts as diverse as marriage counseling, psychotherapy, and anthropology. We establish that most of the Di...
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Comparing the effects of flow proneness and mindfulness on daily subjective wellbeing through daily control beliefs: A diary study during COVID-19 The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Ajit Singh Mann, Jeanne Nakamura
The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened wellbeing, elevating levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. Recognizing the role of attention in determining wellbeing, the present daily-diary study of U.S...
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Wisdom predicts emotional intelligence and wise reasoning The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Monika Ardelt
In a recent article in The Journal of Positive Psychology, Schneider et al. (2023) examined the relations of emotional intelligence (EI) on wise reasoning and three-dimensional wisdom. They conclud...
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A close analysis of eight flourishing measures The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Lukas F. Novak, Blaine J. Fowers, Nona C. Kiknadze, Alex J. Calder
Scholarly interest in flourishing has recently burgeoned, leading many scholars to develop measures of flourishing. We closely analyzed the content of eight systematically chosen, prominent invento...
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The RAW wellbeing program for adolescents at risk of disengaging from education, employment, and training The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Leanne Hides, Nina Pocuca, Catherine Quinn, David Kavanagh, Daniel Johnson
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the RAW Wellbeing program in vocational schools. This 6-week program aims to improve the mental distress and wellbeing of adolescents at-ri...
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To be (or not to be) elevated? Group membership, moral models, and prosocial behavior The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Giovanni Telesca, Marika Rullo, Stefano Pagliaro
Recent findings suggest that people can experience feelings of moral elevation when witnessing uncommon moral virtue, and consequently being more prone to engage in prosocial behaviors. However, pe...
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Meaning through fantasy? Fantasy proneness positively predicts meaning for people high in depression The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Joseph Maffly-Kipp, Matthew Vess
Many factors likely impact how people create meaning out of their lives. Certain psychological disorders may affect these processes, necessitating the reliance on atypical meaning-making strategies...
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The creative-being model: the role of negative emotion in creative flourishing and the impact on positive education The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Katie Beresford, Margaret L. Kern, Aaron Jarden
In a volatile and ever-changing world, creativity and wellbeing are essential for learners to flourish. With lagging educational models and siloed thinking and practice surrounding wellbeing and cr...
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Gratitude predicts well-being via resilience and social support in emerging adults: a daily diary study The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Kairong Yang, Linting Zhang, Wenjie Li, Ning Jia, Feng Kong
Although previous studies have established a link between daily gratitude and daily well-being, little is known about whether resilience and social support play the mediating role in the predictive...
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Interpersonal mattering and the experience of meaning in life The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Devin Guthrie, Joe Maffly-Kipp, Chase Gause, Jinhyung Kim, Frank Martela, Joshua A. Hicks
Recent research in positive psychology has proposed that the experience of meaning in life (MIL) is multidimensional and consists of three components: mattering, purpose, and coherence. In this mod...
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Dare to know! The existential costs of a faith in science The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Dunigan Folk, Bastiaan T. Rutjens, Michiel Van Elk, Steven J. Heine
We explored the differing dimensions of science beliefs and how they relate to existential benefits such as meaning in life and feelings of significance. Across two studies involving American adult...
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Has human progress stagnated in recent decades? Evaluating Seligman’s (2021) model of agency and its correlates using the MIDUS three-wave longitudinal study The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 P. F. Jonah Li, Angela Chow
Grounded in Seligman’s tripartite model of agency, the authors developed the 10-item Agency Scale. Using data from three waves (1994–1996, 2004–2006, 2013–2014) of the MIDUS national longitudinal s...
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Linguistic and thematic differences in written letters of gratitude to God and gratitude toward others The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Adam S. Hodge, Heidi M. Ellis, Sabrina Zuniga, Hansong Zhang, Cameron W. Davis, Aaron T. McLaughlin, Joshua N. Hook, Don E. Davis, Daryl R. Van Tongeren
There is a dearth of empirical research distinguishing gratitude to God (GTG) from interhuman gratitude (IHG). This study explored linguistic (quantitative) and thematic (qualitative) differences i...
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Metaphors subtly influence feelings of gratitude to God The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Lucas A. Keefer, Faith L. Brown, Catherine J. Dowell
Previous research shows that metaphors in language can subtly influence how individuals think about a wide range of topics. Can these nudges cause individuals to feel more gratitude to God, an expe...
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Revising the VIA-Youth: III. scale unidimensionality and measurement invariance The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Francesca C. Bates, Robert E. McGrath
This article builds on two previous ones describing revisions of the VIA-Youth. The new revised version consists of 98 items. The inventory is considered appropriate for ages 8–17. A unique aspect ...
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Measuring hope and joy among Black Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Janelle R. Goodwill
Several reports highlight health disparities among Black Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, though studies assessing positive psychological experiences for this group are nascent. I analyzed r...
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Telehealth dignity therapy for community-dwelling older adults: feasibility and potential efficacy The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 John Fallon, Sunil Bhar, Stephen Quinn
Research investigating accessible positive psychology interventions for older adults is lacking. We examined the feasibility and potential efficacy of Telehealth dignity therapy (TDT), a brief psyc...
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Best possible selves in times of crisis: randomized controlled trial of best possible self-interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-12-24 S. Tomczyk, L. Marlinghaus, S. Schmidt, S. Bartha
The COVID-19 pandemic has tremendous impact on public mental health and on psychological resources such as optimism. In this context, positive psychological interventions like the best possible sel...
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Religion and human flourishing The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-12-24 Alexandra S. Wormley, Carley Vornlocher, Eric Y. Aglozo, Eranda Jayawickreme, Kathryn A. Johnson, Jordan W. Moon, Patty Van Cappellen, Apoorva Verma, Adam B. Cohen
Can religion promote human flourishing? Existing research says yes. However, this work has largely been done within ‘WEIRD’ and Christian contexts. Might the reasons why or the answer be different ...
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Efficacy of the “Feel Good - Think Positive”, a school-based positive psychology intervention targeting optimism and hope in children The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Vasiliki C. Baourda, Andreas Brouzos, Stephanos P. Vassilopoulos
This study examined the effectiveness of the ‘Feel Good – Think Positive’, a school-based, multi-component, positive psychology intervention (PPI) for elementary school children, designed to enhanc...
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Does school kindness lead to greater school engagement? Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence in the Philippine context The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Jesus Alfonso D. Datu, Nansook Park
Studies have shown that kind school climates are linked to positive psychological outcomes. Yet, there is scant evidence on how school kindness relates to subjective and objective measures of acade...
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The playful mediator, moderator, or outcome? An integrative review of the roles of play and playfulness in adult-centered psychological interventions for mental health The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Xiangyou Shen, Leland Masek
How do play and playfulness contribute to adult mental health? We evaluated empirical evidence from 20 psychological interventions through a lens emphasizing playfulness in participants and playing...
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Increasing support for loved ones with depression using moral elevation: a cross-cultural exploration of different elevation inductions The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Xitao Liu, Jason T. Siegel
Social support is critical for depression recovery, but people with depression often experience reduced support. The current studies assessed whether infusing people with moral elevation increased ...
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Proverbial positive psychology: can we leverage African ancient wisdom to promote flourishing? The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Richard Appiah
A potentially fructuous approach to fostering mental health and flourishing in Africa is to leverage traditional African proverbs and maxims aligned with positive psychology themes and constructs w...
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Sages and Seekers: The development of diverse adolescents’ transcendent thinking and purpose through an intergenerational storytelling program The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Rodrigo Riveros, Xiao-Fei Yang, Maria Jose Gonzalez Anaya, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
Adolescents develop capacities for emotionally engaged social thinking that transcends concrete situations, enabling them to infer values, beliefs and broader perspectives with implications for the...
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Dealing with uncertain situations The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Jessica L. Alquist, Roy F. Baumeister
There are two ways for a situation to be uncertain. Subjective uncertainty refers to not knowing facts. Objective uncertainty refers to future events that have not been determined yet. A wide rangi...
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Revising the VIA-Youth: I. Development and interrater convergence The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Melissa Jermann, Robert E. McGrath
The VIA-Youth (Park & Peterson, 2006) is perhaps the most commonly administered youth measure of the Peterson and Seligman (2004) character strengths. This article is the first in a series describi...
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Revising the VIA-Youth: II. The spirituality scale The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Francesca C. Bates, Joshua Lipson, Thomas Ford, Robert E. McGrath, Ryan M. Niemiec, Daniel Tomasulo, Lisa Miller
This study extends a previous one revising the VIA-Youth. Goals of the revision included reducing length and extending age range down to 8. After an initial revision, further discussion suggested t...
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Presence of meaning in life mediates the effects of gratitude and caring for bliss on flourishing in college students: a three-wave longitudinal study The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Myriam Rudaz, Frank D. Fincham, Thomas Ledermann
The well-being of college students is critical to their academic engagement and achievement. This study therefore investigated a mechanism - presence of meaning in life – that might account for the...
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The world prefers a calm life, but not everyone gets to have one: global trends in valuing and experiencing calmness in the Gallup World Poll The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Tim Lomas, Pablo Diego-Rosell, Koichiro Shiba, Priscilla Standridge, Matthew T. Lee, Alden Yuanhong Lai
Psychology has paid relatively little attention to low arousal positive states like calmness. To remedy this lacuna, this study draws on the most globally comprehensive study to date on calmness (1...
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How place shapes the aspirations of hope: the allegory of the privileged and the underprivileged The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Victor Counted, David Newheiser
We articulate a holistic understanding of hope, going beyond the common conceptualization of hope in terms of positive affect and cognition by considering what hope means for the underprivileged. I...
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Affective, cognitive, and environmental inductions of humility and intellectual humility that center on self-transcendence The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Elizabeth J. Krumrei Mancuso, Janet Trammell, Jennifer Harriger
Three pre-registered experiments (N = 998) examined affective, cognitive, and environmental self-transcendent experiences aimed at eliciting general humility (GH) and intellectual humility (IH). In...
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Contextualized measurement of virtues: best practices and innovations The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Elise M. Dykhuis, Juliette L. Ratchford, Sarah A. Schnitker
ABSTRACT Appropriately contextualizing measures of virtues while avoiding commons pitfalls of virtues assessment (e.g. socially desirable responding, lack of sensitivity to change) provides researchers immense challenges – especially in adolescent population. This article evaluates classic and, primarily, novel approaches to virtue measurement and provides recommendations for researchers and practitioners
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Personal narrative and stream of consciousness: an AI approach The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Abigail P. Blyler, Martin E. P. Seligman
ABSTRACT The personal narrative is a construct said to embody personal identity and so influence thought and guide behavior. Therapists and coaches draw on such personal narratives to explain maladaptive thoughts and to foster clients’ insights. We combined artificial intelligence (AI) with stream-of-consciousness to make the latent construct of personal narrative explicit. Adult participants (n = 26)
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AI assistance for coaches and therapists The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Abigail P. Blyler, Martin E. P. Seligman
ABSTRACT We found previously that ChatGPT-4 could use 50 stream-of-consciousness thoughts to make the latent construct of narrative identity explicit. We now demonstrate this as a tool for interventions by coaches and therapists. Using five narrative identities, ChatGPT-4 recommended actionable strategies and interventions tailored to the narrative identity. Artificial intelligence (AI) can thus support
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A new science of gentleness: conceptual analysis and measurement The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Ryan M. Niemiec, Alyssa Cangemi, Robert E. McGrath
ABSTRACT Gentleness is a universally recognized, positive trait, yet has received minimal scientific investigation to date. To catalyze the study of gentleness, we reviewed existing literature and conducted four large-scale studies across 80,592 people. We evaluated how individuals conceptualize gentleness, developed a measurement tool, identified central correlates of gentleness, observed differences
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Can emotional forgiveness promote a decision to forgive? Evidence from a six-wave random-intercept cross-lagged panel study of Pakistani Muslims during Ramadan The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Zhuo Job Chen, Everett L. Worthington Jr., Ziasma Khan, Guanglin Liu, Richard G. Cowden
ABSTRACT We examined the degree to which an extended religious experience during Ramadan might promote interpersonal forgiveness. With six waves of data from a sample of N = 215 Pakistani Muslim students, we used random-intercept cross-lagged panel modeling to examine the associations between decisional and emotional forgiveness from before to after Ramadan in 2020. We observed three key findings.
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Does mindfulness matter in the development of character strengths? A RCT study comparing mindfulness-based strengths practice and character strengths-based intervention The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Qinyue Zhu, Qing Wang, Shuo Yang
ABSTRACT Character strengths-based interventions (CSBI) take various forms and integrate different ingredients into interventions. This study investigated the role of mindfulness in strengths development, directly comparing the effects of mindfulness-based strengths practice (MBSP) and a form of CSBI without mindfulness. Ninety-five participants were randomly assigned to MBSP, CSBI, and blank control
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Experiencing work as decent, meaningful, neither, or both: a latent profile analysis The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Ryan D. Duffy, Sophie Gerdel, Haram J. Kim, Yeonwoo Choi
ABSTRACT In the current study we gathered data from a large group of employed adults (N = 710) to examine the degree to which participants experienced their work as unique combinations of decent and meaningful. We applied latent profile analysis (LPA) to construct specific profiles according to how strongly participants endorsed five components of decent work and meaningful work. Seven different profiles
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Positive organisational psychology 2.0: Embracing the technological revolution The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Llewellyn E. van Zyl, Bryan J. Dik, Stewart I. Donaldson, Jeff J. Klibert, Zelda di Blasi, Jessica van Wingerden, Marisa Salanova
ABSTRACT Positive Organisational Psychology (POP) has experienced significant growth in the past two decades, contributing to our understanding of work-related well-being and performance. However, the discipline is now on the cusp of a new wave of research and innovation that may reshape its discourse. This paper introduces the concept of ‘Positive Organisational Psychology 2.0’ (POP 2.0) as an evidence-based
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Beyond the conventional view of bipolarity: methodological considerations for examining the relationship between well-being and ill-being The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Maggie Yue Zhao, Louis Tay
ABSTRACT One of the controversies central to the study of positive psychology is whether well-being is the bipolar opposite of, or independent of, ill-being. In a recent study , we utilized a data-driven approach and found that well-being and ill-being represent opposite ends of a bipolar continuum. In response to our work, a recent commentary in the Journal of Positive Psychology argued that positive
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Family purpose: an empirical investigation of collective purpose The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Kendall Cotton Bronk, Caleb Mitchell, Elyse Postlewaite, Anne Colby, William Damon, zach swanson
ABSTRACT Individual purpose is associated with positive outcomes. Collective purpose, or an enduring intention shared among members of a group for how they seek to contribute to the world beyond their group, may be similarly beneficial. Collective purposes stand to benefit the groups that pursue them as well as the communities that groups find purpose in serving. Despite this, limited research has
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Inspired by awe: Awe promotes inspiration via self-transcendence The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Yuwan Dai, Tonglin Jiang
ABSTRACT Whether and how awe impacts inspiration lacks sufficient empirical research. We conducted five studies (N = 941) to examine the awe – inspiration link and the mediating effect of self-transcendence. We found that awe promoted inspiration, which was indexed by an actual behavior indicator, others’ ratings (Study 1), and multiple self-reported scales (Studies 2–4). Self-transcendence mediated
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Predicting individual response to a web-based positive psychology intervention: a machine learning approach The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Amanda C. Collins, George D. Price, Rosalind J. Woodworth, Nicholas C. Jacobson
ABSTRACT 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 triage persons who may not benefit from other
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Exploring associations between income and wellbeing: new global insights from the Gallup World Poll The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-08-20 Tim Lomas
ABSTRACT Wellbeing is an increasingly prominent topic across academia, including analyses of the myriad factors that influence it. Of these, perhaps the most prominent is economics, with a relatively-well substantiated link, especially at lower levels of income. However, most work has been limited to select measures (usually life evaluation) and/or populations (usually Western nations). This paper
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How diverse beliefs shape the experience of transcendent gratitude The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Jenae Nelson, Susan Mangan, Rebecca Ann Baer, Jeff V. Ramdass, Pamela Ebstyne King
As a novel contribution, this study considers transcendent gratitude (e.g. gratitude towards non-human benefactors such as God, Science, or Karma) across diverse belief systems. The sample included...
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Unique cognitive and emotional profiles of interpersonal gratitude and spiritual gratitude The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Cindel J. M. White, Kathryn A. Johnson, Behnam Mirbozorgi
Gratitude is a prototypical emotional response when life’s blessings come from the intentional goodwill of other people, but many also attribute good experiences to the intervention of God, gods, a...
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Interplay among daily gratitude to God, hassles and uplifts, and positive and negative affect The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-07-29 Crystal L. Park, Joshua Wilt
To examine the interplay among Gratitude to God (GTG) and daily life experiences and affect, we conducted a 14-day diary study in a national US sample of 184 adults. GTG minimally fluctuated across...
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Moral elevation affects the causal attributions about others’ behavior The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Ion Yarritu
ABSTRACT Moral elevation refers to the positive emotional response resulting from witnessing acts of virtue or moral beauty. While the evidence demonstrates that experiencing elevation has a positive effect on people’s prosocial behavior, an intriguing question is whether this emotion also affects social-cognitive processes involved in the perception of others’ behavior. The present research aims to
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Gratitude to God and relational virtues The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Sabrina G. Zuniga, Adam S. Hodge, Heidi M. Ellis, Joshua N. Hook, Don E. Davis, Daryl R. Van Tongeren
Despite the flourishing psychological literature on gratitude that has accumulated over the past several decades, researchers have only recently started to programmatically study Gratitude to God (...
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Intellectual humility and religion/spirituality: a scoping review of research The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Elise J. Y. Choe, Stephen Waldron, Choi Hee an, Steven J. Sandage
ABSTRACT Intellectual humility (IH) is a promising construct that has often been linked to religion and spirituality (R/S). In this paper, we provide a narrative review of the literature on this intersection, analyzing articles (n = 43) found through database searches. Consistent with previous reviews and critiques, we find that definitional confusion around IH is exacerbated by inconsistencies in
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Empathy and self-regulation in prosocial accountability: gender and genetic (OXTR SNP rs53576) pathways The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Charlotte V.O. Witvliet, Ashley N. Hayden, Katrina V. Beltz, Gerald D. Griffin
ABSTRACT Empathy and self-regulation play key roles in prosocial accountability. Meta-analytic evidence for empathy—in relation to gender and a particular genetic variable (OXTR SNP rs53576) – guided design and power analysis to determine the size of this United States sample. We assessed 311 participants (51.4% female; 19% racial or ethnic minority). We conducted tests of hypothesized indirect effects
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The fine line between intellectual humility and arrogance: Perceiving humility among the intellectually humble and narcissistic The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Alex C. Huynh, Rosalva A. Romero Gonzalez
ABSTRACT Prior research suggests that acknowledging limitations in one’s knowledge – i.e. intellectual humility, is generally positively perceived. However, findings presented here demonstrate that individual differences in trait intellectual humility and trait narcissism moderate how positively it is viewed, as well as how intellectually humble or intellectually arrogant it is perceived to be. Across
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Pragmatic prospection is linked with positive life and workplace outcomes The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Austin D. Eubanks, Andrew Reece, Alex Liebscher, Ayelet Meron Ruscio, Roy F. Baumeister, Martin Seligman
ABSTRACT Pragmatic prospection is the ability to think deeply about the future in order to identify and to work productively toward goals. It involves imagining desirable future outcomes, setting sensible goals, making plans, and flexibly executing those plans. We conducted an exploratory survey of full-time working U.S. adults (N = 1541), measuring individual differences in pragmatic prospection along
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Exploring the cognitive context of gratitude to God: emotional impact and appraisals of benefits from God The Journal of Positive Psychology (IF 4.29) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Philip C. Watkins, Michael Frederick, Don E. Davis, Robert A. Emmons
In two pre-registered studies we investigated the cognitive context of gratitude to God (GTG) and fading positive affect of grateful memories. Although gratitude has been shown to causally impact h...