Positive Psychology Theory
Over the years, we have accumulated some thought-provoking papers on positive psychology theory. Indulge in it as much as you please.9 Essential Ways to Slow Down and Make Time for What Really Matters in Your Life
As a psychologist, a researcher, a coach, a mother and a wife I am always challenged by the word TIME. Most of us rush to get to work, rush at work, and rush to go home! We often feel that we do not have enough time to savour our families and friends, a good movie or...
Can Money Make You Happy? The Latest Findings on Money and Well-being
Does money make you happy? In this video Dr. Ilona Boniwell talks about the latest finding on well-being and money....
What is happiness? A Definition by Scientists and Citizens
In the video 'What is Happiness? Scientists vs. Citizens' Dr. Ilona Boniwell explains the scientific definition of happiness as well as the definition of happiness according to citizens....
2 Types of Happiness: Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-being
Are there two different types of happiness? In this video Dr. Ilona Boniwell talks about the hedonic and eudaimonic conceptions of happiness and well-being....
The Rentree Blues
“It’s okay, we can sort this out, you’re only three days into the ‘rentree’” I said to my flustered client at the beginning of the week (rentree is the French label for the return to work after the summer holidays, when the new school year starts in September). She...
Are French Workers Engaged?
If engagement is the global ‘lingua franca’ in commerce amongst shareholders, workers and their managers today, figures for France show that, compared to their Anglo-Saxon contemporaries, the French have been left behind. According to the 2016 Gallup Poll of Working...
The Psychological Adoption and Adaptation of Eudaimonia
“For some identify happiness with virtue, some with practical wisdom, others with a kind of philosophic wisdom, others with these, or one of these, accompanied by pleasure or not without pleasure; while others include also external prosperity. Now ... it is not...
Optimism and Positive Illusions: Definitions and Research Findings
Katie Nicholson The positive psychology movement has built upon working towards the positive aspects of ‘human strengths and virtues’ (Sheldon & King, 2001), and the ‘aspects of the human conditioning that lead to happiness’ (The Journal of Positive Psychology,...
Income and Well-Being
Marta Morga Snyder and Lopez (2002) define subjective well being as “a broad concept that includes experiencing pleasant emotions, low levels of negative moods, and high life satisfaction” (Snyder and Lopez 2002: 467). The importance of the relationship between income...
Measuring Balanced Time Perspective using Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI)
The existing studies have shown that focusing on the future brings academic success, and reminiscing on the positive past experiences increases one’s happiness. But if a certain time perspective starts to dominate an individual’s view of time to the extent that it...
Explanatory Style: Methods of Measurement and Research Findings
‘Optimism is not simply the absence of pessimism, and well-being is not simply the absence of helplessness. (Peterson, 2006, pp. 122) Within positive psychology, optimism has been conceptualised in several ways. This discussion will focus on the ‘explanatory style’...
Our Sense and Values of Time
Nancy Luksch Our sense of time influences our choices, decisions and emotional needs. We tend to make different choices depending on our value of time, our focus on the present or the future and by regulating and justifying these choices we try to maintain a sense of...