Abstract This model (Figure 1) complements Erickson’s stage model (Erikson & Erikson, 1997) by elaborating the stages of adult development (Cohen, 2005) and adding an existential dimension, which has been shown to be related to mental health in different...
Abstract The pandemic has drastically disrupted all aspects of life, such as education, the family, and social life. As a result, anxiety, depression, and emergency department visits for drug overdoses and suicide attempts all rose, according to the data from the...
Abstract We want to honour the late Dr. Edward Diener, who laid the foundation for happiness and wellbeing research. No research on wellbeing can get away from his theory and measurement of subjective wellbeing (Diener, 1984; Diener et al., 1985). The lesser-known...
Abstract How can we flourish in times of suffering? This is the key question raised by existential positive psychology (PP 2.0). The answer may surprise many people – self-transcendence (ST). The simplest way to define ST is that it is the pathway of personal...
Abstract The paradoxical truth is that vulnerability can save lives. For example, denying that one is vulnerable to the deadly coronavirus and refusing to be vaccinated has caused many unnecessary deaths. Vulnerability is an existential reality. It becomes our...
