... seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. Erich Seligman Fromm Psychobiography Flourishing Positive psychology Mental health Psychoanalyst Sociologist Social psychologist Thanks to the University of Johannesburg for supporting Open Access Publishing. Man’s main task...

... implications The study provides guidelines for psychobiographical and autoethnographical researchers on self-reflection regarding psychobiographical subject choice and the positive psychological potential of both psychobiography and autoethnography. Social implications Psychobiography and autoethnography...

... or external sources (e.g. TRANSCEND Suffering workbook; Cowden et al., 2025 j). These kinds of resources resonate with a core conviction of existential positive psychology, which is that to fully flourish we must seek to transform the darker side of our human experiences into something brighter...

... and positive psychology theories. Findings Data from the interviews are presented here along with an exploration and discussion of the well-being benefits of writing one’s story. The authors provide honest, heartfelt and at times intense reflections. Many of the authors recounted the well-being benefits...

...-Schoupinsky fng1ext@bolton.ac.uk © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Flourishing Languishing Positive psychology Meaning Mental health Depression Alcoholism Five questions ask about social well-being. Are you accepting...

... Positive psychology Spirituality Autoethnography Meaning Mental health In this positive autoethnographic case study, Dr Evangelos Fradelos uses positive autoethnography (Gonot-Schoupinsky et al., 2023) a positive psychology qualitative approach grounded in positive reflexivity (Gonot...

...René Proyer; Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky Purpose The purpose of this paper is to invite Professor René Proyer, a leading positive psychologist and authority on play, to tell his story, share highlights from his research and insights into playfulness, mental health and positive psychology. Design...

... and sociologists, and the public is recommended. Originality/value Dr. Rich is a psychologist with a positive psychology orientation who has called for more qualitative and mixed-methods research in positive psychology. Here, he shares with us multiple insights and his research including in the areas of mental...

... acultural or acculturated only to their academic environment. Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky can be contacted at: fng1ext@bolton.ac.uk © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Forgiveness Humility Relationships Positive psychology Virtues...

... autoethnographic case study. Mayer uses positive autoethnography to reflect on mental health, positive psychology and leadership across the life span. The first author also responds to ten questions. Findings Leadership can be developed and appreciated in others. Leadership can be a positive and transformative...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Positive psychology Autoethnography Positive ageing Positive autoethnography Resilience Laughter To me positive aging means celebrating The Healing Self (Chopra and Tanzi, 2020). Positive aging is about maximizing our...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Mental health Young people Positive psychology Developmental psychology Socio-ecological framework Intervention Person-centred approach Individual differences Research has demonstrated that 50% of lifetime mental illness starts by age 14...

...Helena Á Marujo Purpose This underscores individual and social implications for how mental disorders and mental well-being are constructed, conceived of and treated. Further, this paper aims to examine positive psychology’s role in supporting the advancement of a broader systemic and contextual...

.... Motherhood Borderline personality disorder Sectioning Positive psychology Diagnosis First-hand narrative © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Robert Hurst can be contacted at: robert.hurst.24@gmail.com I did seek help from my local...

... the authors as to the practicalities and benefits of associating the qualitative approach of autoethnography with the field of positive psychology. Findings PosAE is proposed to encourage writers to actively reflect on the importance for themselves, and their readers, of including positive narrative...

... it. Robert Hurst can be contacted at: robert.hurst.24@gmail.com © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Motherhood Social services Custody Positive psychology Poetry First-hand narrative After a brief stay in the hospital, I...

... shown similar disparities between people with mental health problems and others. Practical implications Professor Seligman has claimed that improving levels of flourishing is the main aim of positive psychology. The present study suggests this may be especially challenging for people with mental...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Positive psychology Education Recovery Hope Eating disorders Anorexia Jana was one of those students who sat at the front of the class and always asked questions. She completed her assignments before other students and handed in her final...

... focused too much on symptom reduction and not enough on helping people find meaning and purpose. Social implications – Rachel asks the question is Positive Psychology a movement for all or is it just for the elite? Originality/value – Rachel is someone who has discovered for herself...

...Pawel D. Mankiewicz; David M. Gresswell; Colin Turner Purpose This paper seeks to extend the focus of positive psychology research to individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) to address an aspect of social exclusion experienced by this disadvantaged client group. Design/methodology/approach...