Review of Dr. Fredrickson's Article Responding to Ratio Criticism

We examined traits of open-mindedness kindness hope and social intelligence in the context of mental health stigma. Stigma – a process that objectifies and dehumanizes a person who has mental illness – diminishes people’s ability to control their behavior as coping with stigma requires self-regulation....

Although research suggests that positive psychology intervention can enhance subjective well-being and reduce depression its effectiveness on older adults remains largely unknown. Therefore the present study aimed to develop and evaluate a custom-tailored positive psychology intervention program for older adults....

The IOC is pleased to share books authored by our Fellows and Sponsors. “Profit from the Positive is a rare business book that is deeply credible and compels you to act right away. If you put its tools and techniques into practice you will become a better leader.” Tom Rath from the Foreword...

Whereas coaching is very popular as a management tool research on coaching effectiveness is lagging behind. Moreover the studies on coaching that are currently available have focused on a large variety of processes and outcome measures and generally lack a firm theoretical foundation....

A Book Review of Choosing to live happily or unhappily

A Book Review of Positive Communication in heatlh and wellness

Much research has now documented the substantial influence of safety climate on a range of important outcomes in safety critical organizations but there has been scant attention to the question of what factors might be responsible for positive or negative safety climate....

The concept of meaning is not new in psychology. It is at home both in everyday speech and in academic discourse; both in fundamental and applied research, in ‘depth’ (Freudian and post-Freudian) and ‘height’ (Vygotskian and post-Vygotskian, as well as existentialist) approaches, both in the rigorous academic and flexible humanistic paradigm....

Hedonia and eudaimonia have both been proposed as pathways to well-being. Past research in this area has predominantly focused on global cognitive evaluations of how one typically lives....