According to self-determination theory well-being and healthy personality development depend on the fulfillment of three basic psychological needs: autonomy relatedness and competence. However various contextual features can interfere with need satisfaction and undermine well-being....

This research tested the existence of a moderation role of hope on the effects of optimism and pessimism over proactive coping in a sample survey of 343 subjects. The results showed that optimism explained proactive coping independent of hope....

What is courage? This question garners significant interest and attention but little empirical research. An operational definition of courage is essential to good research yet no consensus definition has fully emerged....

What is positive psychology? Where has it come from? Where is it going? These are the questions we address in this article....

This paper presents a new model outlining the subjective experience of courage....

How are character strengths related to recovery? A retrospective web-based study of 2087 adults found small but reliable associations between a history of physical illness and the character strengths of appreciation of beauty bravery curiosity fairness forgiveness gratitude humor kindness love of learning and spirituality....

Recent conceptualizations of curiosity have identified two underlying factors that together represent trait curiosity: exploration (the disposition to seek out novel/challenging situations) and absorption (the disposition to become fully engaged in these interesting situations) (Kashdan Rose & Fincham 2004)....

The contributions of Albert Ellis to the understanding of human happiness including his suggestions for living a happier life have not been represented in the field of positive psychology. This article presents Ellis?...

We describe thriving as an under-utilized construct that can add value to theory research and application in adolescent development....

The significant contributions of Kashdan and Colleagues and Waterman are acknowledged and some suggestions are brought forward. In particular qualitative studies and a cross-cultural perspective taking into account non-Western traditions are needed to disentangle happiness and related constructs....