Resiliency, Well-Being and Mental Health
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 250
Special Issue Editors
Interests: psychological assessment; evolutionary theories of mood disorder; personality styles; depression and anxiety; victory or defeat; mood; grit; academic performance; well-being
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Historically, the field of psychology was mired in psychopathology, with little attention paid to protective factors or traits that promote successful adjustment. With the recent shift towards positive psychology, such factors have gained more prominence in the literature. Among personality variables, locus of control and self-efficacy have perhaps been the most widely studied in this regard and are linked to a number of positive outcomes (e.g., academic performance, job performance, health behaviors, etc.) and lower levels of psychopathology symptoms (e.g., for depression and anxiety). More recently, grit and resiliency have been shown to have a similar pattern of relationships to well-being and achievement. Willpower, in the form of self-control, has been linked to lower substance use, higher income, and lower stress. Outside of personality traits, coping styles have been shown to impact academic, relationship, and mental health functioning. Mindfulness practices cut across a number of these factors; mindfulness promotes resilience and a healthier approach to coping with stress. Similarly, social support is related to higher levels of resilience and coping, in addition to being directly related to lower levels of stress, depression, and anxiety. We welcome contributions that include any of these protective factors along with their relationship to well-being and/or psychopathology symptoms. Both theoretical/review papers and empirical studies (utilizing cross-sectional or longitudinal approaches) are welcome to be submitted to this Special Issue.
Abstract Deadline: 31 March 2025
Notification of Abstract Acceptance: 15 April 2025
Proposed submission deadline: 31 August 2025
Prof. Dr. Edward Sturman
Dr. Jennifer Bremser
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- locus of control
- self-efficacy
- git
- resilience
- willpower
- self-control
- mindfulness
- coping
- psychopathology
- well-being
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