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Positive mental health literacy for teachers: adaptation and construct validation
Mental health promotion has been gaining recognition as an important teacher competency. Hence, it is imperative that teachers have adequate mental...
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A Paradox of School Social Organization: Positive School Climate, Friendship Network Density, and Adolescent Violence
Schools are often encouraged to foster a positive climate to reduce adolescent violence, but evidence on the effectiveness of this approach varies...
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The relationship between positive mental health, academic stress and suicide ideation among Malaysian adolescents residing in Johor Bahru
Many Malaysian adolescents are experiencing stress due to high self-expectations in achieving academic grades. As a result, many adolescents are...
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Cognition-Emotion Interaction during L2 Sentence Comprehension: The Correlation of ERP and GSR Responses to Sense Combinations
This study mainly examined the role of the combination of three senses (i.e., auditory, visual, and tactile) and five senses (i.e., auditory, visual,...
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Circle of Security-Parenting Randomized Waitlist Control Study: Change in Reflective Functioning Explains Positive Caregiver Behavior
Sensitive and responsive parenting is known to promote secure attachment. Caregiver reflective functioning (RF), one’s capacity to mentalize, is a...
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Promoting Kindness Through the Positive Theatrical Arts: Assessing Kuwait’s Boomerang Programme
As the field of positive psychology aims to build and strengthen the well-being of individuals, its repertoire of empirically validated strategies...
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Psychometric properties of a Saudi Arabian version of the Positive Mental Health (PMH) scale
The Positive Mental Health (PMH) scale has been shown to be a reliable and valid tool for assessing positive mental health and well-being in...
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Cognitive flexibility and psychological hardiness: examining the mediating role of positive humor styles and happiness in teachers
In this study, the mediating role of positive humor styles and happiness in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and psychological...
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Emotion crafting: Individuals as agents of their positive emotional experiences
The literature on emotion regulation (ER) is vast and insightful, but little is known about the proactive regulation of positive emotions. Herein we...
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Toward a computational understanding of how reminiscing about positive autobiographical memories influences decision-making under risk
Recent computational psychiatric research has dissected decision-making under risk into different underlying cognitive computational constructs and...
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Positive symptoms of schizophrenia and their relationship with cognitive and emotional executive functions
BackgroundPositive symptoms of schizophrenia are associated with significant difficulties in daily functioning, and these difficulties have been...
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Early Adverse Childhood Experiences and Positive Functioning during Adolescence
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been shown to have consequences for adolescent development, yet little is known about the association...
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Theoretical false positive psychology
A fundamental goal of scientific research is to generate true positives (i.e., authentic discoveries). Statistically, a true positive is a...
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The psychometric properties of positive and negative beliefs about the rumination scale in Chinese undergraduates
BackgroundRumination, a transdiagnostic factor in different psychopathological conditions, is believed to be activated and sustained by dysfunctional...
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Nostalgia Promotes Positive Beliefs about College Belonging and Success among First-Generation College Students
First-generation college students often develop negative thoughts and expectations about whether they belong in college and whether they can be...
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The 5Cs of positive youth development: their impact on symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and emotional distress in Chilean adolescents
Effective approaches to addressing mental health challenges faced by adolescents require a deep understanding of the factors contributing to optimal...
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The Relationship between perceived mindful parenting and positive youth development: the mediating effects of self-compassion and basic psychological needs satisfaction
Previous research has shown that mindful parenting is positively associated with the healthy development of adolescents. However, few studies have...
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Trajectories of Loneliness During Adolescence Predict Subsequent Symptoms of Depression and Positive Wellbeing
There is a need to identify the outcomes of changes in loneliness during adolescence, and to consider this within a multidimensional framework of...
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Positive Psychology in the Arab World
Since gaining official recognition as a nascent scientific discipline, Positive Psychology (PP) has been advancing rapidly worldwide. The present...
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Hiding in plain sight: The distinct importance of low-arousal positive affect
Most past research on positive affect and emotion has focused exclusively on high-arousal positive affect (HAPA: e.g., excited ), however, low-arousal...
