A bibliometric review of positive psychology and well-being research in Africa

AW Fadiji, IP Khumalo, MP Wissing… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Positive Psychology rapidly developed into an influential field of study and intervention,
initially situated in Psychology, and later becoming multidisciplinary. Research interest in the …

[HTML][HTML] Hiding in plain sight: The distinct importance of low-arousal positive affect

MD McManus, J Nakamura, JT Siegel - Motivation and Emotion, 2024 - Springer
Most past research on positive affect and emotion has focused exclusively on high-arousal
positive affect (HAPA: eg, excited), however, low-arousal positive affect (LAPA: eg, calm) …

The modernity/coloniality of love: Individualist lifeways and charismatic Christianity in Ghanaian worlds

A Osei‐Tutu, G Adams, D Esiaka… - Journal of Social …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A manifestation of coloniality in psychological science concerns the modern individualist
lifeways that inform mainstream research. We report results of a multi‐method research …

A cross‐sectional study of university students' pocket money variance and its relationship with digital health literacy and subjective well‐being in Ghana

F Quansah, F Ankomah, EK Agormedah… - Health Science …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Mental health concerns of university students are gaining more attention since
the emergence of the coronavirus disease. Consequently, scholars in education, health and …

[HTML][HTML] Connection in youth development key to the mental health continuum in Ghana: A structural equation model of thriving and flourishing indicators

RS Kabir, DT Doku, N Wiium - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Practitioners from sub-Saharan Africa are working to provide evidence-based intervention
programs to address the mental health of established adults in poor rural communities in …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants of life satisfaction among Ghanaians aged 15 to 49 years: A further analysis of the 2017/2018 Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey

K Owusu Ansah, NEY Dey, AE Adade, P Agbadi - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The inclusion of life satisfaction in government policies as a tracker of the social and
economic progress of citizens has been recommended. This has encouraged the scientific …

Psychological assessment in West Africa

S Oppong, KO Asante, A Anum - International Histories of …, 2022 - books.google.com
The field of psychological assessment has seen consistent growth for almost a century with
significant expansion of the literature centered largely around research in Western Europe …

Exploration of harmony as a quality of happiness: Findings from South Africa and Ghana

L Schutte, MP Wissing, AW Fadiji, S Mbowa… - Embracing well-being in …, 2022 - Springer
Harmony is recognized as fundamental to being and functioning well in philosophical
traditions and empirical research globally and in Africa. The aim of this study was to explore …

Opposing objective and subjective wellbeing outcomes within an environmentally vulnerable delta: a case study of Volta Delta, Ghana

L Cannings, CW Hutton, A Sorichetta… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Despite a growing interest in the measurement and conceptualization of
wellbeing, the integration within sustainability research, and the understanding of how …

Conception and experience of well-being in two Ghanaian samples: Implications for Positive Psychology

A Osei-Tutu, G Adams… - International …, 2022 - internationaljournalofwellbeing.org
We conducted two studies to explore Ghanaian understandings of well-being through a
situation sampling method in which participants described situations that increased and …