Positive Psychology
Dr. Paul Wong
Positive Psychology 2.0: Towards a Balanced Interactive Model of the Good Life
Abstract This paper first describes the growing pains and challenges of the positive psychology (PP) movement and identifies the four pillars of the good life as meaning, virtue, resilience, and well-being, which are all shaped by culture. I then introduce three...
From the Antiviolence Movement to a Positive Feminism
Hard Knocks: Domestic Violence and the Psychology of Storytelling By Janice Haaken New York, NY: Routledge, 2010. 196 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-56342-0 $26.95 Reviewed by Paul T. P. Wong The title Hard Knocks: Domestic Violence and the Psychology of Storytelling really grabs...
What Makes a Great Leader?
Love them or hate them, you can’t live without them. They can improve your life and brighten your future, or ruin your life and destroy your future with equal facility. They are the ubiquitous “bosses” and leaders in your life. Even though Thomas Carlyle’s great men...
Lessons from the Enron Debacle: Corporate Culture Matters!
Wong, P. T. P. (2005). Lessons from the Enron debacle – Corporate culture matters. In Nasreen Taher (Ed.). Organizational culture: An introduction. Hyderabad, India: ICFAI University Press. Pp.180-192.Available online since 2002 from:...
A Conceptual Framework for Measuring Servant Leadership
Page, D., & Wong, P. T. P. (2000). A conceptual framework for measuring servant leadership. In S. Adjibolooso (Ed.), The human factor in shaping the course of history and development. American University Press. Download the .PDF of the full article here.
The PURE Strategy to Create Lean and Excellent Organizations
An excellent organization is not only the best place to work for, but also an agent of positive social change. Apart from excelling in what it does, such an organization is capable of uplifting the human spirit and having its influence felt for...
The Resource-Congruence Model of Coping and the Development of the Coping Schemas Inventory
Wong, P. T. P., Reker, G. T. & Peacock, E. (2006). The resource-congruence model of coping and the development of the Coping Schemas Inventory. In Wong, P. T. P., & Wong, L. C. J. (Eds.), Handbook of Multicultural perspectives on stress and coping. New York, NY:...
Beyond Stress and Coping: The Positive Psychology of Transformation
Wong, P. T. P., Wong, L. C. J., & Scott, C. (2006). Beyond stress and coping: The positive psychology of transformation. In Wong, P. T. P., & Wong, L. C. J. (Eds.), Handbook of Multicultural perspectives on stress and coping. New York, NY: Springer. Download...
Relations Between Appraisals and Coping Schemas: Support for the Congruence Model
Abstract According to the cognitive-relational theory of stress, cognitive appraisal mediates coping efforts. However, only a small number of studies have examined appraisal-coping relations, and interpretation of the results is clouded by conceptual and...
The Stress Appraisal Measure (SAM): A Multidimensional Approach to Cognitive Appraisal
Peacock, E. J., Wong, P. T. P. (1990). The Stress Appraisal Measure (SAM): A Multidimensional Approach to Cognitive Appraisal, Stress Medicine, Volume 6, 227-236Download the full article and instrument in .PDF here. This instrument is available free of charge for...
Effective Management of Life Stress: the Resource-Congruence Model
Wong, P. T. P., (1993). Effective Management of Life Stress: The Resource-Congruence Model, Stress Medicine, Volume 9, 51-60Download the full article in .PDF here.
Anticipatory Stress: The Relation of Locus of Control Optimism and Control Appraisals to Coping
Peacock, E. J. and Wong, P. T. P., (1996). Anticipatory stress: The relation of locus of control optimism and control appraisals to coping. Journal of Research in Personality 30, 204-222 Download the .PDF of the full article here.
