Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

• Published in: The journal of positive psychology Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 303 - 323
• Main Authors: Waters, Lea, Algoe, Sara B., Dutton, Jane, Emmons, Robert, Fredrickson, Barbara L., Heaphy, Emily, Moskowitz, Judith T., Neff, Kristin, Niemiec, Ryan, Pury, Cynthia, Steger, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 04.05.2022
• Subjects: coping; growth; mental health; Positive psychology

As the COVID-19 global health disaster continues to unfold across the world, calls have been made to address the associated mental illness public crisis. The current paper seeks to broaden these calls by considering the role that positive psychology factors can play in buffering against mental illne...