Studies that involve measurements of social norms via questionnaires often do not take possible question order effects into consideration. This study aims to uncover the order effects that occur while measuring injunctive ...

The present study proposes a new way of looking at the Barnum effect. A theoretical model describing the relationship between personality traits, type of personality feedback, and acceptance of personality feedback is ...

Accepting responsibility for the consequences of one’s actions was viewed as the most necessary criterion for becoming an adult. Being capable of caring for children was the next most highly endorsed criterion for both ...

Early adulthood is a critical life period in the perspective of choosing lifestyle and searching for meaning in life. Moreover, this period is of high risk to one’s health. Addictions, destructive behavior, accidents, ...

Scientific Problem. The study of the phenomenon of resilience to trauma within the framework of positive psychology has been started relatively recently and has received quite controversial evaluations. Some scientists ...

The increase of the elderly population involves all levels of social reality, and it changes life habits not only of an individual, but of relationships among people, as well. Different research studies show that obsolescence ...

Positive psychological capital (PsyCap) with well-being has started to be analyzed recently, and a positive relationship has been found between these variables. However, different results were found in different cultures, ...

Positive youth development is a competence based developmental concept (Lerner, 2005), focused on the main assumption that the youth possesses particular strengths and has potential for healthy successful development ...

Positive youth development (PYD) is a strengths-based model that recognizes importance of an individual’s and his or her environment’s connectivity and how those relationships shape human development (Benson and Saito, ...