Psychology Prof. Wendi Gardner joined Northwestern’s faculty in 1996 as her first job post-graduation. She’s been here ever ...

I n 2008 and 2009, in the wake of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States Army had a mental-health crisis on its hands. Soldiers were afflicted by anxiety, depression, PTSD, drug abuse, ...

This letter represents the response of 42 students in an undergraduate positive-psychology course to Eric G. Wilson’s “In Praise of Melancholy” (The Chronicle Review, January 18). It is a synthesis of ...

Looking for ways to make this new year even happier? Taking any of these free courses may be a great way to start. Several prestigious universities and institutions, including Harvard and Yale, have ...

Students who took an online happiness course during lockdown were less likely to feel anxious at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic than their classmates. First year undergraduates taking the course ...

Many might associate psychology first and foremost with the study of disorders and mental illnesses, but one Experimental College class is focusing on a more optimistic branch of the field. "Positive ...

Bruce Daisley (September 27, 2022) published “Why Quick-Fix Resilience Doesn’t Work” here at PsychologyToday.com. His claim: “peer-reviewed studies show quick-fix resilience courses don’t work.” ...

Professor Brian Hill helped develop EXDM 300 and has taught it at BYU for 13 years. While this class is a prerequisite to the ...

In less than a decade, positive psychology has caught the attention not only of the academic community but also the general public. I just did a Google search for "positive psychology' and found ...

Judy Eaton, a psychology professor at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus, says that when it comes to looking for a ...