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Meaning beyond fear in a post covid world within existential positive psychology.

, 2023
Life can be difficult for many and the time during COVID-19 has compounded those struggles as the stress and fear generated during the pandemic has had a profound impact on people’s mental health.
Sims, Ceri M., Saunders, Bernadette
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Between freedom and despair: Existential challenges and contributions to person-centered and experiential therapy [PDF]

, 2003
This article explores a range of contributions that existential thinking may be able to make to the theory and practice of person-centred and experiential therapy.
Cooper, Mick; id_orcid, Cooper, Mick
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Varieties of suffering in the clinical setting: re-envisioning mental health beyond the medical model

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
In this paper, we argue for the need to rethink mental health beyond the medical model because much of human suffering cannot be diagnosed by the DSM-5.
Paul T. P. Wong, Don Laird
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Trait Emotional Intelligence and Wellbeing During the Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Meaning-Centered Coping

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Studies investigating the COVID-19 pandemic from a psychological point of view have mostly focused on psychological distress. This study adopts the framework of existential positive psychology, a second wave of positive psychology that emphasizes the ...
Maria-Jose Sanchez-Ruiz, Natalie Tadros, Tatiana Khalaf, Veronica Ego, Nikolett Eisenbeck, David F. Carreno, Elma Nassar   +6 more
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Existential reflection and morality

Frontiers in Communication, 2022
This paper presents a series of three studies describing how reading literature promotes empathy and moral outcomes. We add three contrasts to this field of empirical study: (a) an explanatory and interpretative form of narrative reading engagement ...
Paul Sopcak, Don Kuiken, Shawn Douglas
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Dealing With the Pandemic of COVID-19 in Portugal: On the Important Role of Positivity, Experiential Avoidance, and Coping Strategies

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
The global COVID-19 pandemic crisis has caused an unprecedented impact on most areas of people’s lives. Thus, framed within the scope of Existential Positive Psychology (PP2.0), this study aimed at assessing the psychological distress of adults living in
Maria José Ferreira, Rui Sofia, Rui Sofia, David F. Carreno, Nikolett Eisenbeck, Inês Jongenelen, Inês Jongenelen, José Fernando A. Cruz   +7 more
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The Benefits of Self-Transcendence: Examining the Role of Values on Mental Health Among Adolescents Across Regions in China

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
As one of the foundations of existential positive psychology, self-transcendence can bring positive intrapersonal and interpersonal outcomes, especially in the COVID-19 era in which people are suffering huge mental stress.
Ping Liu, Xiaofeng Wang, Xiaofeng Wang, Dan Li, Rongwei Zhang, Hui Li, Jingxin Han   +6 more
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Perceived Impact of Quarantine on Loneliness, Death Obsession, and Preoccupation With God: Predictors of Increased Fear of COVID-19

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Most countries are facing the societal challenging need for a new quarantine period due to the increasing number of COVID-19 infections, indicating a second or even third wave of disease.
Violeta Enea, Nikolett Eisenbeck, Teodora Carina Petrescu, David F. Carreno   +3 more
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Positive Psychology and Judaism

, 2023
Many core tenets of positive psychology and the psychology of religion/spirituality (R/S) are essential concepts within the rich literature and culture of the Jewish tradition.
Pirutinsky, Steven, Shabtai, Devora, Cherniak, Aaron,, Brooks, Suzanne, Schiffman, Mark, Schnall, Eliezer   +5 more
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Work as Meaningful and Menacing Phenomenon for South African Middle Managers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Self-Transcendence in Cultivating Meaning and Wellbeing

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Self-transcendence has become and remains an important research theme. Little is known about the role of self-transcendence in cultivating meaningful work and its impact on the wellbeing of middle managers in the face of adversity, such as the COVID-19 ...
Aden-Paul Flotman
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