Objective The objective of this study is to describe major findings on posttraumatic growth
(PTG) in cancer, by analyzing its various definitions, assessment tools, and examining its …

Pain is mostly thought of as a problem—as debilitating or harmful. Despite its
unpleasantness, however, under some conditions pain can be associated with positive …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disruptive event devastating to the
workplace and the global community. Drawing on terror management theory, we develop …

Terror management theory posits that human awareness of the inevitability of death exerts a
profound influence on diverse aspects of human thought, emotion, motivation, and behavior …

Nostalgia is a self-conscious, bittersweet but predominantly positive and fundamentally
social emotion. It arises from fond memories mixed with yearning about one's childhood …

Positive psychology is currently equated with theory and research on the positive aspects of
life. The reality could not be further from the truth. Positive psychology investigates and …

One of the most perplexing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is that although it created
employment uncertainty, employees were reporting a higher-than-expected intent to …

A brave book with a polemical argument on the paradoxes, struggles and advantages of
aging. How old am I? Don't ask, don't tell. As the baby boomers approach their sixth or …

Understanding how mortality and fertility are linked is essential to the study of population
dynamics. We investigate the fertility response to an unanticipated mortality shock that …

Rooted in the writings of existentialists, terror management theory states that the awareness
of death has the potential to create debilitating anxiety and compromise psychological well …