Research Review

[011 Research Review | Hope Series: 2] C.L. Snyder casts human psychology as a spectrum of strength, just like a rainbow is a spectrum of light. It’s a continuum of being, with each possible [...]

[010 Research Review | Hope Series: 1] In 1995, C.R. Snyder made a compelling case for a theory on hope and proposed a tool for measuring it. Right off the bat, he points out something that we [...]

[009 Research Review | PERMA Series: 4] You aren’t alone if you find yourself wondering, well, which one is it? Which theory explains how people function most accurately? And, if the earlier [...]

[008 Research Review | GRATITUDE series: 1] The beauty of the design of counter balanced systems in the human body is worthy of awe and wonder. This post explores the chapter of gratitude in [...]

[007 Research Review | PERMA Series: 3] What is well-being, really? Since the 1980s, theoretical and empirical research in positive psychology has flourished. Previously, the field of psychology [...]

[006 Research Review | PERMA Series: Part 2] In 1984, Ed Diener published his broadly referenced review of subjective well-being (SWB) as a theory and measure of human happiness. “Happiness,” he [...]

[003 Research Review | FUTURE SELF Series :1] The future self exercise, crafting a clear picture of who you are going to be at some distant point in the future anywhere from 9 to 20 years, is [...]

[001 Research Review | FLOW Series: 1] In 1971, Csikszentmihalyi and Bennet proposed a conceptual model for play. The model theorized that play is fun when your skill in the game is matched with [...]