Search Results - "Positive psychology"

'Best Possible Business' : A positive psychology coaching technique for entrepreneurs experiencing burnout.

Authors: Broadstock, Jemma (AUTHOR)

Source: Coaching Psychologist. Dec2025, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p29-38. 10p.

Subjects: Psychological burnout, Well-being, Freelancers, Businesspeople, Executive coaching, Psychological stress, Positive psychology, Mentoring

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom

Have Your Cake and Eat It Too? Understanding Leisure-Work Synergizing and Its Impact on Employee Thriving.

Authors: Zipay, Kate P. Rodell, Jessica

Source: Organization Science (INFORMS). Jul/Aug2025, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p1574-1597. 24p.

Examining the Interplay of Grit, Classroom Emotions, and Willingness to Communicate Among Chinese as a Second Language Learners: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.

Authors: Li, Yu¹ hauliyu@outlook.com

Source: Researching & Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. Sep2025, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p71-95. 25p.

Subject Terms: *Psychological resilience, *Affective education, Chinese as a second language, Positive psychology, Boredom, Structural equation modeling

Promoting 'school belonging': A systematic literature review to explore the role and impact of emotional literacy support.

Authors: Sawyer, Rachel Hampton, Georgia

Source: Educational & Child Psychology. Jul2025, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p23-46. 24p.

Subjects: School attendance, Social belonging, Educational psychologists, Positive psychology, Emotion regulation, Therapeutic alliance, Educational support

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom

Relationship Between Positive Illusions, Psychological Resilience, and Subjective Well-Being in College Students: A New Attempt at Positive Psychology.

Authors: Xiang, Kaiyu¹ (AUTHOR) 20120250@nwupl.edu.cn

Source: Psychological Reports. Jun2026, Vol. 129 Issue 3, p1902-1924. 23p.

The Impact of Illegitimate Tasks on Volunteer Participation: The Perspective of Psychological Capital.

Authors: Miao, Qing He, Yuhang Zhu, Xingkui

Source: Psychological Reports. Jun2026, Vol. 129 Issue 3, p2507-2528. 22p.

Workplace Spirituality and Psychological Capital (PsyCap) of the Employees: A Cross-sectional Study.

Authors: Sarkar, Ayatakshee Garg, Naval Palo, Sasmita

Source: Global Business Review. Jun2026, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p577-594. 18p.

Effects of psychological skills training on exercise imagery and competitive anxiety in adolescent athletes.

Authors: Bai, Donghuan Song, Pengwei Gu, Liyan et al.

Source: Social Behavior & Personality: an international journal. Jun2026, Vol. 54 Issue 6, p1-11. 11p.

Subjects: Positive psychology, Performance anxiety, Mental health, Motor imagery (Cognition), Child athletes, Athletic ability, Coaching psychology

Dispositional awe and subjective well-being: A moderated chain mediation model.

Authors: Chang, Qian Zhao, Mei

Source: Social Behavior & Personality: an international journal. Jun2026, Vol. 54 Issue 6, p1-14. 14p.

Subjects: Subjective well-being (Psychology), Positive psychology, College students, Mediation (Statistics), Family support, Emotions, Goal (Psychology), Identity (Psychology)

Rationality outperforms emotionality in building trust in doctor-patient interaction: a mixed-method approach.

Authors: Yang, Kun (AUTHOR)

Source: Psychology, Health & Medicine. Jun2026, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p1212-1230. 19p.

Subjects: Public hospitals, Empathy, Repeated measures design, Research funding, T-test (Statistics), Data analysis, Positive psychology, Risk management in business, Questionnaires, Patient-family relations, Emotions, Judgment sampling, Descriptive statistics, Linguistics, Discourse analysis, Experimental design, Physician-patient relations, Trust, Research methodology, Communication, Analysis of variance, Statistics, Comparative studies, Affect (Psychology), Data analysis software, Patient satisfaction, Cognition

Geographic Terms: China

Psychological Long COVID in Italian Young Adulthood: Effects of COVID Exhaustion and Positive Attitude Towards the Future on Social Distancing and Life Satisfaction.

Authors: Russo, Angela Imbrogliera, Chiara Zammitti, Andrea et al.

Source: Journal of Adult Development. Jun2026, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p211-222. 12p.

Subjects: Cross-sectional method, Pearson correlation (Statistics), Satisfaction, Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, Fatigue (Physiology), Positive psychology, Questionnaires, Psychological well-being, Quantitative research, Structural equation modeling, Descriptive statistics, Data analysis software, COVID-19 pandemic, Social distancing, Adults

Geographic Terms: Italy

When the Lights Went Out at Adult Day Centers: Perceived Change in Caregiver Well-Being During the COVID-19 Shutdowns.

Authors: Turner, Rachael L. Reese-Melancon, Celinda Harrington, Erin E.

Source: Journal of Adult Development. Jun2026, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p223-235. 13p.

Subjects: Cross-sectional method, Fear, Data analysis, Mental health, Adult day care, Multiple regression analysis, Positive psychology, Psychological well-being, Descriptive statistics, Psychological adaptation, Stay-at-home orders, Surveys, Burden of care, Research methodology, Statistics, Psychological stress, Data analysis software, Caregiver attitudes, COVID-19 pandemic, Time

Geographic Terms: United States

Enhancing adolescent achievement motivation: Effects of a positive psychotherapy success skills program.

Authors: ALBAYRAK GÜNDAY, Eda GÜLIRMAK GÜLER, Kübra GÜLEÇ KESKİN, Serap

Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy. May2026, p1-19. 19p. 2 Illustrations.

Design, development, and evaluation of an mHealth app to reduce stress and promote happiness through smiling.

Authors: Orji, Joseph Chan, Gerry Orji, Rita

Source: Behaviour & Information Technology. May2026, Vol. 45 Issue 8, p1546-1566. 21p.

Subjects: Mobile apps, Generative artificial intelligence, Research funding, T-test (Statistics), Persuasion (Rhetoric), Positive psychology, Interviewing, Pilot projects, Mann Whitney U Test, Descriptive statistics, Thematic analysis, Pre-tests & post-tests, Motivation (Psychology), Happiness, Psychological stress, Research methodology, Intention, Software architecture, Data analysis software, Facial expression, Chatbots

Longitudinal examination of social anxiety safety behaviors in college students.

Authors: Kelly, A. Grace Hernández Ortiz, Jesús Fenton, Kayleigh et al.

Source: Journal of American College Health. May2026, Vol. 74 Issue 5, p1374-1382. 9p.

Subjects: Safety, Secondary analysis, Asian Americans, African Americans, Positive psychology, Undergraduates, Hispanic Americans, White people, Longitudinal method, Pacific Islander Americans, Multiracial people, Surveys, Analysis of variance, Psychology of college students, Affect (Psychology), Student attitudes, Social anxiety, Time

Geographic Terms: United States

Becoming Positive Father: Exploring Parent Support Program Based on Positive Psychotherapy.

Authors: Uzun, Abdullah Ensar (AUTHOR)

Source: American Journal of Family Therapy. May2026, Vol. 54 Issue 3, p327-345. 19p.

Subjects: Psychotherapy, Empathy, Repeated measures design, Psychology of fathers, Fatherhood, T-test (Statistics), Evaluation of human services programs, Positive psychology, Clinical trials, Parenting, Father-child relationship, Descriptive statistics, Psychoeducation, Chi-squared test, Motivation (Psychology), Pre-tests & post-tests, Experimental design, Research methodology, Analysis of variance, Data analysis software

Geographic Terms: Turkey

The Effect of Authentic Leadership on Psychological Capital, Work Engagement, and Innovative Behavior.

Authors: Wardhani, Melati Kusuma Amalia, Lia

Source: Journal of Social Research. May2026, Vol. 5 Issue 6, p2347-2363. 17p.

Efficacy of the best possible self intervention for generalised anxiety: exploration of mediators and moderators.

Authors: Duffy, J. Cole, S. N. Charura, D. et al.

Source: Journal of Positive Psychology. May2026, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p488-499. 12p.

Exploring person-activity fit in positive psychology interventions: comparing strength-focused, weakness-focused, and self-selected approaches.

Authors: Layous, Kristin Kushlev, Kostadin Heintzelman, Samantha J. et al.

Source: Journal of Positive Psychology. Apr2026, p1-12. 12p. 2 Illustrations.

PERMA Positive Psychology: A Contemporary HR Strategy to Foster Work-life Balance and Employee Mental Health and Well-being.

Authors: L., Nyatheli Tracy¹ tracy.nyatheli@univen.ac.za

Source: IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review. 2026 Special Issue, Vol. 14, p86-90. 5p.