Positive Psychology
Dr. Paul Wong
Mental Health and Meaning: A Positive Autoethnographic Case Study of Paul Wong
Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to meet Professor Paul Wong, Ph.D., CPsych, Professor Emeritus of Trent University and Trinity Western University. Wong represents an interesting case of how a racial/cultural minority could achieve success in a hostile...
Agency, hope, and wellbeing
*This abstract was co-authored with Don Laird (Carlow University). In the precent precarious time, psychology needs a paradigm shift to meet the existential crises we all face (Wong et al., 2022). Our paper redefines agency as an illustration of this new paradigm,...
Editorial: A New Science of Suffering, Existential Intelligence, and the New Behavioral Economics of Happiness—Toward a General Theory of Wellbeing
This editorial was coauthored with Lok Sang Ho (Lingnan University), Claude-Hélène Mayer (University of Johannesburg) , Fan Yang (The University of Chicago), & Richard G. Cowden (Harvard University)This Special Issue is designed to extend the theme of existential...
Embracing life’s challenges: Developing a tool for assessing resilient mindset in second wave positive psychology
Abstract The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the Resilient Mindset Scale (RMS), a brief tool designed to measure resilient mindset among Turkish individuals. Additionally, the study aims to explore the relationship between resilient mindset and mental...
An Existential Perspective on Positive Psychology: Towards a General Theory of Global Flourishing.
Abstract Recent developments in positive psychology and wellbeing research are moving away from the narrow positive focus of individual wellbeing towards the broader context of existential universals, multiculturalism, and ecological concerns. This paradigm shift...
Pioneer in Research in Existential Positive Psychology of Suffering and Global Flourishing: Paul T. P. Wong
As a war baby growing up in war-torn China, Paul T. P. Wong learned even as a child that life was a constant battle. His parents believed that endurance of suffering and higher education were essential to living a good life. It is not surprising that Paul Wong’s...
Accelerating the Science and Practice of Psychology Beyond WEIRD Biases: Enriching the Landscape Through Asian Psychology
Abstract More than a decade has passed since major concerns emerged about the WEIRD-centric focus of mainstream psychological science. Since then, many calls have been made for the discipline of psychology (and other disciplines within the social sciences) to become...
Shifting the Paradigm of Positive Psychology: Toward an Existential Positive Psychology of Wellbeing
*This is an unrevised version of the paper. (This paper was co-authored with Richard G. Cowden, Claude-Hélène Mayer, & Victoria L. Bowers) Abstract Recent developments in positive psychology and wellbeing research highlight the tremendous capacity for individual...
Measuring Personal and Social Responsibility: An Existential Positive Psychology Approach.
(This paper was co-authored with Gökmen Arslan, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University)Positive psychology emphasizes the importance of virtues and an individual’s signature strengths, such as hope and gratitude (Lopez & Snyder, 2009; Peterson & Seligman, 2004). In...
Existential Suffering in Palliative Care: An Existential Positive Psychology Perspective
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacies of the current healthcare system and needs a paradigm change, which is holistic, and community based illustrated by the healing wheel. The present paper proposes that existential positive psychology (PP 2.0)...
Foreword to Piers Worth’s Positive Psychology Textbook
Piers Worth’s textbook on positive psychology represents a landmark publication, because it heals the unfortunate divide between humanistic and positive psychology and demonstrates that an integration between these two schools can be done to advance the science of...
Beyond Happiness and Success: The New Science of Self-transcendence
This is Paul T. P. Wong's Keynote Abstract for the upcoming 11th Biennial International Meaning Conference. This keynote will provide a framework for existential positive psychology (PP 2.0) which embraces suffering as the foundation for flourishing. According to this...
Meaning Conference 2025 will be the INPM’s first in-person conference with a virtual option after the pandemic.