Psychological Resources Protect Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study During the French Lockdown by Nicolas Pellerin, Eric Raufaste

“…This longitudinal study investigated the capability of various positive psychological resources to directly or indirectly protect specific well-being outcomes and moderate the effects on well-being of health and economic threats in a lockdown situation during the 2020 health crisis in France. …”
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Design and evaluation of a positive intervention to cultivate mental health: preliminary findings by Susana Gorbeña, Leila Govillard, Ignacio Gómez, Sare Sarrionandia, Patricia Macía, Patricia Penas, Ioseba Iraurgi

“…Abstract The past two decades have witnessed a proliferation of positive psychological interventions for clinical and non-clinical populations, and recent research, including meta-analyses, is providing evidence of its effectiveness. …”
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The Mediator Role of Body Image-Related Cognitive Fusion in the Relationship between Disease Severity Perception, Acceptance and Psoriasis Disability by Vera Almeida, Ângela Leite, Diana Constante, Rita Correia, Isabel Filipa Almeida, Maribel Teixeira, Diogo Guedes Vidal, Hélder Fernando Pedrosa e Sousa, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Ana Teixeira

“…Using a sample of patients diagnosed with psoriasis, this study aimed to: (1) identify the clinical and positive psychological variables that contribute the most to psoriasis disability and (2) assess the mediator role of body image-related cognitive fusion in the relation between disease severity perception and acceptance and self-compassion, on one hand, and psoriasis disability on the other. …”
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Health behaviors and health locus of control in patients with epilepsy by Anna Staniszewska, Dominik Olejniczak, Marta Dąbrowska-Bender

“…The internal dimension of health control showed a strong significant correlation with the following categories: health behaviors (P=0.00), proper nutrition habits (P=0.00), and positive psychological attitude (P=0.002). The external dimension of health control showed a low significant correlation with health behaviors and prophylactic behaviors (P=0.05). …”
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When thinking you are better leads to feeling worse: Self-other asymmetries in pro-social behavior and increased anxiety during Covid-19. by Chelsea Helion, Virginia Ulichney, David V Smith, Johanna Jarcho

“…Self-serving biases (e.g., beliefs that one tends to perform better than peers) are generally associated with positive psychological outcomes like increased self-esteem and resilience. …”
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Developing positive leadership in health and human services by Elizabeth A. Shannon, Pieter Van Dam

“…Practical implications: Leadership development programmes that strengthen positive psychological resources provide participants with confidence and resilience in times of change. …”
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The Chinese EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Wellbeing: Further Testing of the Psychometrics of the Measure by Guang Zeng, Margaret L. Kern

“…The EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Wellbeing assesses five positive psychological characteristics (engagement, perseverance, optimism, connectedness, and happiness). …”
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The Effect of Lying in Prone Position on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate with and without Massage by Narges Meftahi, Soha Bervis, Shohreh Taghizadeh, Farahnaz Ghafarinejad

“…There is evidence showing that back massage might have many positive psychological effects, possibly due to having many autonomic nervous system afferent inputs. …”
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Self-compassion, Employee Burnout and Performance: Serial Mediation by Free Time Management and Flow Experience by Ela Arı, Ecem Erdoğan

“…Recent studies have shown that various positive psychological concepts, particularly flow experience and self-compassion, have positive effects on employee burnout and performance. …”
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Introducing Entropy into Organizational Psychology: An Entropy-Based Proactive Control Model by Haozhe Jia, Lei Wang

“…This understanding enables psychological entropy to integrate a series of positive psychological constructs (e.g., lean spirit), providing extensive predictive and explanatory power for various behaviors of individuals in organizations. …”
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Participation and Organizational Commitment in the Mondragon Group by Alfonso Rodríguez-Oramas, Ana Burgues-Freitas, Mar Joanpere, Ramón Flecha

“…This study found three different ways in which the democratic participation of worker-members in management and ownership contributes to developing affective organizational commitment among those working in Mondragon cooperatives, generating positive psychological and economic outcomes for both workers and cooperatives.…”
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Staff Experience in the NHS: A National Study—An Experience-Based Design Approach by Amoy Johnson MBBCh, Simon Conroy MC ChB, PhD, FRCP, Deborah Thompson MSc, Grace Hassett BA, Alice Clayton MSc, Emma Backhouse BSc

“…Analysis revealed effective teamwork had a positive psychological impact on staff. However, increased workload, missed meal breaks, and an increased administrative/IT burden were associated with the greatest negative responses by clinical and nonclinical staff. …”
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Multiple Roles of Grit in the Relationship Between Interpersonal Stress and Psychological Security of College Freshmen by Qingsong Yang, Mengxi Shi, Dandan Tang, Hai Zhu, Ke Xiong

“…Grit, as an important positive psychological quality, has rarely been studied for its role involved in the mechanism between stress and psychological security. …”
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Positive thinking, resourcefulness skills, and future anxiety among the caregivers of children with intellectual disability: an intervention study by Safia Ragab El Sebaie, Maha Mahmoud Abd El Aziz, Safaa Mohamed Metwaly Atia

“…Abstract Background Positive thinking is a mental attitude that focuses on positive thoughts and beliefs in order to improve one’s outlook on life and is linked to a variety of positive psychological and health consequences, as well as decreased anxiety and depression. …”
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Investigation of the Change of Quality of Life and Depression in Lung Cancer Patients before and after Chemotherapy by Jiancun CAO, Yan WANG, Li ZHANG, Li MA

“…We should evaluate the quality of life and emotions of lung cancer patients, and give positive psychological intervention to improve the quality of life.…”
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Work-Related Flow in Contrast to Either Happiness or PERMA Factors for Human Resources Management Development of Career Sustainability by Carol Nash

“…PERMA represents measurable positive psychological factors constituting well-being. Reliable and validated, the experience of flow has been found to determine career sustainability in contrast to the more often investigated happiness ascertainment or identifying PERMA factors. …”
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Effects of Mindfulness Training on Psychological Capital, Depression, and Procrastination of the Youth Demographic by Li LI, Mu LI

“…A total of 240 youth with SDS standard scores >53 were filtered out, as the research objects to be assessed by using SDS, positive psychological capital questionnaire (PPQ), five-facet mindfulness questionnaire (FFMQ), and pure procrastination scale (PPS). …”
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A Study of Job Insecurity and Turnover Intentions Among Bullied Employees in Pakistan – Does Psychological Capital Ameliorate? by Fatima Ashraf, Muhammad Asif Khan

“…This study mainly highlights the instrumentality of psychological capital as a positive psychological resource to the negative impact of work-place bullying on job insecurity and quitting intentions. …”
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Optimizing resilience in orofacial pain: a randomized controlled pilot study on hope by Emily J. Bartley, Natalie R. LaGattuta, Michael E. Robinson, Roger B. Fillingim

“…Over recent years, there has been growing interest in the role of positive, psychological resources that promote resilience and optimal functioning in chronic pain. …”
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The Transcultural Adaptation and Validation of the Chinese Version of the Duke Anticoagulation Satisfaction Scale by Yibo Wu, Shujie Dong, Xinyi Li, Haiping Xu, Xiaohui Xie

“…Four dimensions and 23 items were included, with Cronbach’s α values of 0.89, 0.81, 0.89, and 0.74 for limitations on physical activities, diet restrictions, hassles and burdens, and positive psychological effect, respectively. Cronbach’s α coefficient of whole scale was 0.91. …”
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