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Paul T. P. Wong

Paul T. P. Wong

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Psychology

D-Index
61
Citations
20093
World Ranking
3325
National Ranking
212

Overview

Paul T. P. Wong is affiliated with Trent University in Canada and has a research focus primarily within the field of Psychology. Their scholarly contributions span several subfields, including Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, Health, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics covered in their research include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Optimism, Hope, and Well-being, Resilience and Mental Health, Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology.

Among recent publications, the following works stand out:

  • "Existential positive psychology and integrative meaning therapy," 2020, International Review of Psychiatry
  • "Meaningful living, resilience, affective balance, and psychological health problems among Turkish young adults during coronavirus pandemic," 2021, Current Psychology
  • "An International Study on Psychological Coping During COVID-19: Towards a Meaning-Centered Coping Style," 2021, International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
  • "Self-Transcendence as a Buffer Against COVID-19 Suffering: The Development and Validation of the Self-Transcendence Measure-B," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Editorial: COVID-19 and Existential Positive Psychology (PP2.0): The New Science of Self-Transcendence," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology

Paul T. P. Wong frequently collaborates with several coauthors who have contributed alongside them to various research projects. These include:

  • Gökmen Arslan
  • Nikolett Eisenbeck
  • David F. Carreno
  • Lilian C. J. Wong
  • W. James Greville

The most common venues for Paul T. P. Wong's publications are Frontiers in Psychology, FEDS Notes, PsycTESTS Dataset, International Review of Psychiatry, and Journal of Happiness and Health.

These data highlight a research profile engaged primarily with themes of psychological well-being, resilience, and coping mechanisms related to both everyday mental health and contextual challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Best Publications

  • When people ask "why" questions, and the heuristics of attributional search.

    Paul T. Wong;Bernard Weiner

  • Aging as an individual process: Toward a theory of personal meaning.

    Gary T. Reker;Paul T. P. Wong

  • Meaning and Purpose in Life and Well-being: a Life-span Perspective

    Gary T. Reker;Edward J. Peacock;Paul T. P. Wong

  • Positive psychology 2.0: Towards a balanced interactive model of the good life.

    Paul T. P. Wong

  • Death Attitude Profile—Revised: A multidimensional measure of attitudes toward death.

    Paul T. P. Wong;Gary T. Reker;Gina Gesser

  • The stress appraisal measure (SAM): A multidimensional approach to cognitive appraisal

    Edward J. Peacock;Paul T. P. Wong

  • Implicit theories of meaningful life and the development of the personal meaning profile.

    Paul T. P. Wong

  • The Human Quest for Meaning

    P.T Wong;P.S Fry

  • A CROSS‐NATIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WORK‐FAMILY STRESSORS, WORKING HOURS, AND WELL‐BEING: CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA VERSUS THE ANGLO WORLD

    Paul E. Spector;Cary L. Cooper;Steven A.Y. Poelmans;Tammy D. Allen

  • The human quest for meaning : a handbook of psychological research and clinical applications

    Paul T. P. Wong;Prem S. Fry

  • Handbook of multicultural perspectives on stress and coping.

    Paul T. P. Wong;Lilian C. J. Wong

  • Death Attitudes Across the Life-Span: The Development and Validation of the Death Attitude Profile (DAP).

    Gina Gesser;Paul T. P. Wong;Gary T. Reker

  • Locus of control and well-being at work: how generalizable are western findings

    Paul E. Spector;Cary L. Cooper;Juan I. Sanchez;Michael O'Driscoll

  • What types of reminiscence are associated with successful aging

    Paul T. Wong;Lisa M. Watt

  • Multidimensional Jealousy

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  • Personal meaning and successful aging.

    Paul T. Wong

  • Best Practices in Servant Leadership

    Paul T. P. Wong;Dean Davey

  • The Human Quest for Meaning : Theories, Research, and Applications

    Paul T. P. Wong

  • Meaning Therapy: An Integrative and Positive Existential Psychotherapy

    Paul T. P. Wong

  • Do national levels of individualism and internal locus of control relate to well- being : an ecological level international study

    Paul E. Spector;Cary L. Cooper;Juan I. Sanchez;Michael O’Driscoll

  • Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes

    Adrian Tomer;Grafton T. Eliason;Paul T. P. Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan I. Sanchez
Juan I. Sanchez Florida International University
Cary L. Cooper
Cary L. Cooper University of Manchester
Paul E. Spector
Paul E. Spector University of South Florida
Valerian J. Derlega
Valerian J. Derlega Old Dominion University
Luo Lu
Luo Lu National Taiwan University
Michael P. O'Driscoll
Michael P. O'Driscoll University of Waikato
Oi Ling Siu
Oi Ling Siu Lingnan University
Barbara A. Winstead
Barbara A. Winstead Old Dominion University
Jesús F. Salgado
Jesús F. Salgado University of Santiago de Compostela
Tammy D. Allen
Tammy D. Allen University of South Florida

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