Beyond the “third wave of positive psychology”: Challenges and opportunities for future research

MP Wissing - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The positive psychology (PP) landscape is changing, and its initial identity is being
challenged. Moving beyond the “third wave of PP,” two roads for future research and …

Meaning in life and meaning of life in mental health care: An integrative literature review

X Glaw, A Kable, M Hazelton, K Inder - Issues in mental health …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this integrative literature review was to identify high quality empirical research
and theoretical literature on the sources of meaning in life and people's beliefs regarding the …

[LIBRO][B] The psychology of meaning in life

T Schnell - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
This book offers an inspiring exploration of current findings from the psychology of meaning
in life, analysing cutting-edge research to propose practical, evidence-based applications …

The way is the goal: The role of goal focus for successful goal pursuit and subjective well-being

OJ Kaftan, AM Freund, E Diener, S Oishi, L Tay - 2018 - zora.uzh.ch
Goals are considered by some theories as essential for subjective well-being (ie, telic
theories, see Diener, 1984). In fact, achieving goals is beneficial for subjective well-being …

The Silent Generation vs Baby Boomers: Socio-demographic and psychological predictors of the “gray” digital inequalities

S Lissitsa, E Zychlinski, M Kagan - Computers in Human Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
The current study examined the socio-demographic and psychological factors associated
with using digital search engines among two generations of older adults. The self …

Important goals, meanings, and relationships in flourishing and languishing states: Towards patterns of well-being

MP Wissing, L Schutte, C Liversage, B Entwisle… - Applied Research in …, 2021 - Springer
Qualitative studies of lay people's perspectives on facets of well-being are scarce, and it is
not known how the perspectives of people with high and low levels of well-being dovetail or …

Everyday understandings of happiness, good life, and satisfaction: Three different facets of well-being

E Carlquist, P Ulleberg, A Delle Fave… - Applied Research in …, 2017 - Springer
The need for increasing conceptual clarity within well-being research has been stressed by
social scientists as well as policymakers and international organizations. The present study …

Social capital and prosocial behaviour as sources of well-being

This paper surveys evidence documenting positive linkages among social capital, prosocial
behaviour, and subjective well-being. Whether in the workplace, at home, in the community …

Lay understanding of happiness and the experience of well-being: Are some conceptions of happiness more beneficial than others?

A Bojanowska, AM Zalewska - Journal of Happiness Studies, 2016 - Springer
The aim of the study was to understand aspects of life that men and women associate with
happiness and to explore the connections between these associations and well-being …

Self-transcendence or self-enhancement: People's perceptions of meaning and happiness in relation to the self.

M Huang, F Yang - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
We all desire to have meaningful experiences in life, but what factors give rise to perceptions
of meaning? Across seven preregistered studies (total N= 1362), we examined the role of …