Perspectives: Using positive psychology and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals to build a better world

L Lambert, M Warren, G Brulé… - Middle East …, 2020 -  …
How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect society long-term remains to be seen, but the role
taken by wellbeing researchers and practitioners can shape our communal future. Never …

[HTML][HTML] Positive psychology interventions as an opportunity in Arab countries to promoting well-being

AA Basurrah, M Al-Haj Baddar, Z Di Blasi - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Extensive research on Positive Psychology Interventions (PPIs)—defined as activities that
focus on promoting positive feelings, thoughts, or behaviour (Sin and Lyubomirsky, 2009) …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable happiness and well-being: Future directions for positive psychology

C O'Brien - Psychology, 2012 - scirp.org
Positive psychology has influenced many disciplines in a very short span of time. This paper
argues that positive psychology will realize its most significant and far reaching impact when …

Developing an indigenous positive psychology in the United Arab Emirates

L Lambert, N Pasha-Zaidi… - Middle East …, 2015 -  …
A call for an indigenous positive psychology to address the human development needs of
both Emirati and expatriate residents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is proposed. A …

The Pursuit of National Wellbeing Policies Across the GCC: The What, How, and Why?

L Lambert, A Mulay-Shah, MA Warren… - Positive psychology in the …, 2019 - Springer
Social scientists working under the umbrella of positive psychology are putting their
research to good use by helping to define wellbeing, propose theories and models …

[PDF][PDF] What is existential positive psychology (PP 2.0)? Why is it necessary for mental health during the pandemic

PTP Wong - International Journal of Existential Positive …, 2021 - drpaulwong.com
This paper explains the need for existential positive psychology (PP 2.0) from three different
angles. First, psychology needs to move towards integration in order to meet the mental …

Positive psychology research in the Middle East and North Africa

MA Warren, SI Donaldson, KM Doiron - Middle East Journal of …, 2015 - cedar.wwu.edu
Since the original call by Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi (2000) for a new science of
happiness, excellence, and optimal human functioning, there has been considerable …

The international landscape of positive psychology research: A systematic review

H Kim, K Doiron, M Warren… - International …, 2018 - internationaljournalofwellbeing.org
Since positive psychology originated in 1998 as an organized stream of inquiry in theUnited
States, it has inspired new theory and research on human flourishing across the world. The …

Positive psychology in sub-Saharan Africa

A Wilson Fadiji, MP Wissing - … Handbook of Positive Psychology: A Global …, 2022 - Springer
A bird's eye view of positive psychology research points to a preponderance of research
including theory formulation, instrument testing and evaluation of positive psychology …

Regenerative positive psychology: A call to reorient wellbeing science to meet the realities of our world

MF Steger - The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Positive psychology has had an impressive first 25 years. However, it and related wellbeing
sciences are at risk of being rendered futile at a time of staggering crises across …