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The Wisdom of the Soul: The Missing Key to Happiness and Positive Mental Health? [Review of the Book A Time for Wisdom: Knowledge, Detachment, Tranquility, Transcendence, by P. T. McLaughlin & M. R. McMinn]

The Wisdom of the Soul: The Missing Key to Happiness and Positive Mental Health? [Review of the Book A Time for Wisdom: Knowledge, Detachment, Tranquility, Transcendence, by P. T. McLaughlin & M. R. McMinn]

Click Here to Access the Full Text Cite Wong, P. T. P. (2022). The wisdom of the soul: The missing key to happiness and positive mental health? [Review of the book A Time for Wisdom: Knowledge, Detachment, Tranquility, Transcendence, by P. T. McLaughlin & M. R....

Towards a General Theory of Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Review of The Evolution of Life Worth Living by C. A. Soper

Towards a General Theory of Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Review of The Evolution of Life Worth Living by C. A. Soper

Abstract Soper’s pain-brain theory, based on evolutionary biology, represents a provocative breakthrough for both suicidology and positive psychology. The main thesis of the book is that the evolved way of choosing to live rather than to die in the face of unbearable...

Meaning and Evil and a Two-factor Model of Search for Meaning

Meaning and Evil and a Two-factor Model of Search for Meaning

Abstract Overall, I am impressed with Baumeister and von Hippel’s analysis in this essay (this issue), but I am less satisfied in “the special issue of applying meaning to life, culminating in the modern existential debates about the meaning and purpose of life...

What is the Greatest Need Today? Responsibility is the Key to Surviving and Thriving in Dangerous Times

What is the Greatest Need Today? Responsibility is the Key to Surviving and Thriving in Dangerous Times

Abstract In a democratic society, people are free to choose, but are not free from the consequences of their choices. A sense of responsibility towards the self, others, and a higher authority serves the important function of guiding people to make the right choices....

The Maturing of Positive Psychology and the Emerging PP 2.0: A Book Review of Positive Psychology (3rd ed.) by William Compton and Edward Hoffman

The Maturing of Positive Psychology and the Emerging PP 2.0: A Book Review of Positive Psychology (3rd ed.) by William Compton and Edward Hoffman

Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing (3rd ed.) By William C. Compton and Edward Hoffman Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2019. 528 pp. ISBN 978-1544322926 $95.00 Reviewed by Paul T. P. Wong Abstract Compton and Hoffman’s third edition of Positive...

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