Positive Psychology Perspective Research Articles

The Analysis and Inheritance of Chinese Grand Canal Culture from the View of Positive Psychology

The deep psychological connotation conveyed by the Chinese Grand Canal culture contains people’s explicit or potential positive qualities. Because of this inheritance, human beings not only maintain a kind of self-esteem in the fierce struggle for existence, but also play a dominant role in the social system composed of other life forms. It also enables human society to develop in a way that all things coexist in most cases. The connotation of Chinese Grand Canal culture at the psychological level coincides with people’s positive psychological pursuit. This paper explores the deep psychological causes and changes of Chinese Grand Canal culture from the subjective level, individual level and group level of positive psychology. By analyzing the positive psychological pursuit of Chinese Grand Canal culture and combining with the mainstream culture, the paper explores the inheritance and application of positive psychological perspective of Chinese Grand Canal culture.

The impact of work environment on caring behavior among Chinese hospice nurses: the chain mediating effect of psychological capital and empathy.

The caring behavior of hospice nurses toward patients positively impacts their professional careers and significantly improves the quality of hospice services. A positive and supportive work environment may protect nurses against negative emotions that may affect the humanistic care they provide, and their job satisfaction. This study aimed to explore the impact of the nursing work environment on caring behavior. We also investigated the chain mediating effect of psychological capital and empathy on this relationship among Chinese hospice nurses. The Practice Environment Scale (PES), the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ), the Empathy Ability Scale for Hospice Nurses, and the Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI) were used to survey 393 Chinese hospice nurses. SPSS 27.0 and Mplus 8.0 were used for statistical processing to analyze the mediating effects. The nursing work environment positively predicted caring behavior. Furthermore, it was found that psychological capital and empathy jointly mediate the relationship between the nursing work environment and caring behavior. This study reveals how the nursing work environment affects the caring behavior of hospice nurses. Hospital managers need to provide hospice nurses with a favorable working environment from the perspective of positive psychology, continuously monitor their psychological state, improve their caring behavior, and provide references for developing intervention plans to promote the caring behavior of hospice nurses in the future.

农村初中生英语学习愉悦、焦虑及无聊情绪与英语成绩的关系研究

Based on the perspective of positive psychology, this article explores the status quo of students’ English learning enjoyment, anxiety and boredom in a rural middle school by investigating 203 participants in Grade two. From the data analysis, conclusions are drawn as follow: (1) Students experience a higher level of English learning enjoyment but lower levels of anxiety and boredom, while English learning anxiety is higher than boredom. (2) There is a significant gender difference in English learning anxiety, while there is insignificant difference between enjoyment and boredom. (3) There is a negative relationship between English learning enjoyment and anxiety, between English learning enjoyment and boredom and there is a positive relationship between English learning enjoyment and students’ academic achievements, and a negative relationship between English learning anxiety, boredom and students’ academic achievements. This study explores the relationship between foreign language learning emotions and foreign language academic achievements, which could further enrich studies of second language acquisition and the emotions of rural middle school students.

Hope as the Mediator in the Relation Between Resilience and Life Satisfaction among Tibetan Orphans

As an extremely disadvantaged group, orphans have received extensive attention from researchers. However, previous research focused on their survival status and psychological distress. The present study aims to explore the mechanism of orphans’ life satisfaction from the perspective of positive psychology. We conducted a survey among Tibetan orphans ( n = 131) and compared the results with Tibetan non-orphans ( n = 134). A mediation model was used to assess associations between resilience and life satisfaction, and the intermediary role of dimensions of hope (agency thinking and pathways thinking). Results indicated that, among orphans, agency thinking acted as a mediator in the mediation model, while pathways thinking did not. Moreover, hope dimensions did not play mediating roles between resilience and life satisfaction among non-orphans. The results highlighted that resilience is of vital importance for orphans’ life satisfaction. It was expected to inspire psychologists to develop specific interventions on resilience for orphans to enhance their internal resources (such as agency thinking of hope) and life satisfaction.

Exploring Chinese College Students’ Emotions in EFL Speaking Classrooms

This paper aims to report on Chinese college students’ emotions in English as a foreign language (EFL) speaking classrooms, including the trajectory of their emotions, and their perceived impacts of these emotions on their performances in class. Through conducting a case study among 12 Chinese college students and qualitatively analyzing the reflections and interview data collected over a semester, the present research, adopting the Positive Psychology perspective, reveals diverse emotions experienced by students in their EFL speaking classrooms. The emotions students felt were both complex and dynamic throughout the semester, and were found to interact with the changing internal and external factors, displaying a transition from the mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety to lower-intensity emotions (i.e., relaxation and boredom), and finally becoming inter-individually varied. As for the impacts of students’ emotions, students believed that both positive and negative emotions were associated with their performances in class. The present study suggests that much attention should be paid to EFL college students’ emotions in speaking classrooms both by themselves and by their teachers, and provides some possible sources of their emotions. In order to enhance students’ psychological well-being and achieve better teaching effects, this study also recommends pedagogical practices that boost positive emotions and reduce negative emotions to be incorporated into EFL speaking classes.

Application Research of Positive Psychology in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education of College Students

With the continuous deepening and progression of quality education, the standards and requirements of college education management work are also constantly improving. There is a shared responsibility in cultivating innovative and entrepreneurial talents, developing the innovation consciousness of students, exercising entrepreneurial ability, enriching their entrepreneurial experience, and laying a solid foundation for their future employment and career growth. Based on the perspective of positive psychology, to further improve the quality of dual-innovation education, schools should comprehensively optimize the curriculum system, enrich the content of education, and innovate teaching methods, to stimulate the subjective initiative of students. With this, we can give full play to the important role of positive psychology in dual-innovation education to aid in the efficient implementation of innovation-driven development strategies in our country. Given this, this study combined practical experience and theoretical basis, conducted an in-depth discussion of the concept of positive psychology, analyzed its application value in innovation and entrepreneurship education, and proposed specific implementation strategies.

A Survey and Analysis of Assessment Literacy among College Foreign Language Teachers in China: A Positive Psychology Perspective

In the current realm of college foreign language education, the diversification of students’ learning needs underscores the necessity of effectively implementing 'assessment for learning' via assessment practices, thereby presenting fresh demands for the enhancement of assessment literacy among college foreign language instructors. Based on positive psychology, this study took some college foreign language teachers from Henan Province of China as the research subjects, explored the current status and existing problems of their assessment literacy through questionnaires and interviews, and analyzed the constraints hindering the enhancement of their assessment literacy. Additionally, to further investigate the effectiveness of positive psychology interventions in enhancing their assessment literacy, the researcher conducted two rounds of classroom observations involving a comparative analysis of pre- and post-intervention assessments to investigate the impact of post-intervention assessments on various aspects such as teaching quality, students’ learning outcomes, as well as their personality traits. The results revealed that positive assessment and feedback from college foreign language teachers can contribute to shaping students’ positive personality traits, igniting their motivation and potential for learning, and ultimately enhancing teaching effectiveness. Through assessment practices, genuine efforts can be made to implement assessment for learning, ultimately promoting students’ comprehensive development.

Task complexity and foreign language writing emotions as predictors of EFL writing performance

Emotions and task complexity have gained scant attention in EFL writing. This study, based on control-value theory and a positive psychology perspective, explores the relationship between task complexity, writing anxiety, writing boredom, writing enjoyment, and task complexity and writing emotions interaction on EFL writing performance among English major students in China’s educational context (N = 84). It has been found that difficult writing tasks can result in higher writing anxiety and lower writing boredom. By 6 × 2 between-subject ANOVA, there is a significant interaction of task complexity and different levels of writing anxiety, writing boredom, and writing enjoyment for the dimensions of language fluency, complexity, and accuracy among English major students in China’s educational context. This study is an initial step in extending the writing emotions and task complexity in the production of EFL writing, which promotes the mutual integration of emotion and cognition in EFL writing research and thus supplies suggestions for task-based EFL writing instruction.

Exploring promotion factors of resilience among emergency nurses: a qualitative study in Shanghai, China

ObjectiveTo qualitatively explore the factors that enhance resilience among emergency nurses (ENs).DesignThis study is an exploratory qualitative investigation. Semistructured in-depth interviews were used for data collection, while qualitative content analysis...

Understanding teacher professional commitment from a positive psychology perspective: A case from Myanmar's Chinese language teachers

AbstractIn response to the issue of Chinese language teacher attrition in Myanmar, this study aimed to examine the professional commitment of these teachers, with a focus on how their commitment is constructed and shaped within the local context. The study adopted a theoretical lens of positive psychology and utilized a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Data was collected through semi‐structured interviews in which 10 participants shared their life stories. Thematic analysis was then conducted to identify key themes. The study proposed a positive‐psychology‐informed model with motivation, meaning, and perseverance as the three key components that interact with each other to jointly shape teachers’ professional commitment. In particular, motivation to teach is a precondition, the meaning‐making process functions as reinforcement, and perseverance in coping with adverse situations is the ultimate embodiment of teachers’ professional commitment. A common feature underlying this model has been traces of the teachers’ positive emotions, attitudes, and values. Furthermore, the study approached Chinese language teachers’ professional commitment in the situated context at cultural, societal, and institutional levels. The study yields theoretical implications for understanding teacher commitment and offers practical insights for addressing the issue of attrition among Chinese language teachers in Myanmar and similar contexts.

The relationship between pregnancy stress and mental health of the pregnant women: the bidirectional chain mediation roles of mindfulness and peace of mind.

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between pregnancy stress and mental health of the pregnant women, employing a positive psychology perspective. Specifically, the study sought to explore how the two positive psychological qualities of mindfulness and peace of mind may serve as potential mediators in the association between pregnancy stress and mental health of the pregnant women. Seven hundreds and thirteen pregnant women seeking care at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University were included in this study. The participants completed a self-report demographic questionnaire, as well as several validated scales including the Pregnancy Pressure Scale (PPS), Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), Peace of Mind Scale (PoMS), and Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ). The Amos 23.0 system was utilized to construct structural equation models. A total of 713 participants had an average age of 29.46 ± 4.81 years and an average gestational age of 24.26 ± 22.66 weeks. Out of the pregnant women, 163 (22.9%) experienced moderate or higher levels of pregnancy stress (PPS > 1), while 212 (29.7%) exhibited mental distress (CHQ > 3). Pregnancy stress exhibited a positive association with mental distress, while displaying negative associations with mindfulness and peace of mind. Mindfulness and peace of mind were negatively associated with mental distress. By employing structural equation modeling, the analysis revealed that mindfulness and peace of mind acted as partial mediators in the relationship between pregnancy stress and mental health. Furthermore, the identified models exhibited bidirectional sequential mediating pathways, suggesting that the pathways of mindfulness ↔ peace of mind mitigated the harmful influence of pregnancy stress on the mental health of pregnant women. This study adds to the current body of knowledge by investigating the relationships among mindfulness, peace of mind, pregnancy stress, and mental health in pregnant women. From a positive psychology framework, it provides valuable understanding of the intricate dynamics between pregnancy stress and protective factors of mental health. Consequently, interventions aimed at bolstering positive psychological qualities in pregnant women should prioritize the cultivation of mindfulness to foster peace of mind, or alternatively, the cultivation of peace of mind to enhance mindfulness, ultimately leading to improved mental health outcomes.

Psychological capital mediates the mindfulness-creativity link: the perspective of positive psychology.

The positive mindfulness-creativity link has been widely documented; however, its underlying psychological mechanisms remain less understood. From the perspective of positive psychology, this study examined the mediating effect of psychological capital (PsyCap) on the effect of dispositional mindfulness on creative functioning. A total of 894 Chinese secondary school students in Hong Kong (50.8% female; M age = 15.5 years) completed the study. A cross-sectional design was used, in which context PsyCap and dispositional mindfulness were assessed by the Chinese version of the revised Compound PsyCap Scale (CPC-12R) and the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), respectively. Moreover, by adopting the multiple-measurement approach to creativity, three commonly used creativity tests (i.e., the Wallach-Kogan Creativity Test/WKCT, the Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production/TCT-DP, and the Creative Problem-Solving Test/CPST) were applied to capture three aspects of creativity (i.e., divergent thinking, creative combination, and creative problem solving). The results suggest that (1) PsyCap partially but significantly mediated the mindfulness-creativity link for all three aspects of creative functioning, and (2) PsyCap demonstrated the strongest effect size in mediating the mindfulness-creativity link for creative problem solving, followed by creative combination and then divergent thinking. These results, on the one hand, support the positive psychology perspective by confirming a positive psychological resource mechanism regarding the relationship between mindfulness and creativity. On the other hand, the results regarding the varied sizes of the mediation effect further enrich the discourse on this perspective by showing that the mediation mechanism may function to different degrees depending on which aspect of creativity is under consideration. These findings illuminate the positive functioning of mindfulness, psychological resources/capital and creativity.

The movie "Perfect Days" was examined from the positive psychology perspective

The movie "Perfect Days" was examined from the positive psychology perspective

Employment Pressure and Relief for College Students from the Perspective of Positive Psychology

Employment Pressure and Relief for College Students from the Perspective of Positive Psychology

积极心理学视域下高校思想政治教育研究

积极心理学视域下高校思想政治教育研究

Study on the Relieving Path of Mental Internal Friction in College Students from the Perspective of Positive Psychology

Study on the Relieving Path of Mental Internal Friction in College Students from the Perspective of Positive Psychology

How to Deal with the Phenomenon of Youth “Lying Flat” in the Perspective of Positive Psychology

How to Deal with the Phenomenon of Youth “Lying Flat” in the Perspective of Positive Psychology

Practical Innovation of College Students’ Mental Health Education from the Perspective of Positive Psychology

Abstract This paper first studies the basic characteristics of college student’s mental health and constructs an innovative model of college student’s mental health education based on positive psychology. Then, it explores the basic situation of college student’s mental health and analyzes the differences in the mental health levels of students of different grades and genders. The mental health status and positive psychological quality changes of students before and after teaching were compared. The study showed that more than 30% of the students had mental health problems, and there was a significant difference in the mental health level of students before and after mental health education (t=3.133, p=0.002, p<0.01). This study is of great significance for improving the overall mental health level of students and further enriching research on the cultivation of positive mental qualities.

积极心理学视角下家庭教育的分析及启示

积极心理学视角下家庭教育的分析及启示

The Positive Quality Thinking of Adolescents’ Internet Interaction from Perspective of Positive Psychology

The Positive Quality Thinking of Adolescents’ Internet Interaction from Perspective of Positive Psychology