Search Results - "Proyer, René T."

A new structural model for the study of adult playfulness: Assessment and exploration of an understudied individual differences variable by Proyer, René T.

“…Adult playfulness is an understudied personality trait. A new 28-item questionnaire (the OLIW) is proposed that assesses four basic components; namely,…”
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Positive Psychology Interventions Addressing Pleasure, Engagement, Meaning, Positive Relationships, and Accomplishment Increase Well-Being and Ameliorate Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Online Study by Gander, Fabian, Proyer, René T, Ruch, Willibald

“…Seligman (2002) suggested three paths to well-being, the pursuit of pleasure, the pursuit of meaning, and the pursuit of engagement, later adding two more,…”
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Character Strengths and PERMA: Investigating the Relationships of Character Strengths with a Multidimensional Framework of Well-Being by Wagner, Lisa, Gander, Fabian, Proyer, René T., Ruch, Willibald

“…Character strengths are positively valued traits that are expected to contribute to the good life (Peterson and Seligman 2004 ). Numerous studies have…”
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Broadening Humor: Comic Styles Differentially Tap into Temperament, Character, and Ability by Ruch, Willibald, Heintz, Sonja, Platt, Tracey, Wagner, Lisa, Proyer, René T

“…The present study introduces eight (i.e., fun, humor, nonsense, wit, irony, satire, sarcasm, and cynicism) and examines the validity of a set of 48 marker…”
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Strength-Based Positive Interventions: Further Evidence for Their Potential in Enhancing Well-Being and Alleviating Depression by Gander, Fabian, Proyer, René T., Ruch, Willibald, Wyss, Tobias

“…The impact of nine strengths-based positive interventions on well-being and depression was examined in an Internet-based randomized placebo-controlled study…”
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Extending the study of playfulness in romantic life: Analyzing associations with attachment and jealousy in same-gender and opposite-gender couples by Brauer, Kay, Sendatzki, Rebekka, Proyer, René T.

“…Adult playfulness describes individual differences in (re)framing situations so that they are experienced as entertaining, and/or interesting, and/or…”
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Testing Strengths-Based Interventions: A Preliminary Study on the Effectiveness of a Program Targeting Curiosity, Gratitude, Hope, Humor, and Zest for Enhancing Life Satisfaction by Proyer, René T., Ruch, Willibald, Buschor, Claudia

“…The study compares the impact of character strengths-based positive interventions in a sample of 178 adults. An experimental group that trained strengths of…”
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Exploring the acquaintanceship effect for the accuracy of judgments of traits and profiles of adult playfulness by Brauer, Kay, Sendatzki, Rebekka, Proyer, René T.

“…Objective We aimed to extend the research on the interpersonal perception of adult playfulness (global and facets: Other‐directed, Lighthearted, Intellectual,…”
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Interpersonal Perception of Adult Playfulness at Zero-Acquaintance: A Conceptual Replication Study of Self-Other Agreement and Consensus, and an Extension to Two Accuracy Criteria by Brauer, Kay, Proyer, René T

“…We replicated and extended previous research examining the accuracy of judgments of four facets of adult playfulness (Other-directed, Lighthearted,…”
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Testing the associations between dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at and romantic jealousy in couples: An APIM analysis by Brauer, Kay, Sendatzki, Rebekka, Proyer, René T.

“…Objective How people deal with ridicule and being laughed at plays a role in romantic life. We extend the research on the fear of being laughed at…”
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The Impostor Phenomenon and causal attributions of positive feedback on intelligence tests by Brauer, Kay, Proyer, René T.

“…The Impostor Phenomenon (IP) is characterized by an external-instable-specific attributional style (i.e., Impostors perceive successful performance as due to…”
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Mapping strengths into virtues: the relation of the 24 VIA-strengths to six ubiquitous virtues by Ruch, Willibald, Proyer, René T

“…The Values-in-Action-classification distinguishes six core virtues and 24 strengths. As the assignment of the strengths to the virtues was done on theoretical…”
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Strengths-based positive psychology interventions: a randomized placebo-controlled online trial on long-term effects for a signature strengths- vs. a lesser strengths-intervention by Proyer, René T, Gander, Fabian, Wellenzohn, Sara, Ruch, Willibald

“…Recent years have seen an increasing interest in research in positive psychology interventions. There is broad evidence for their effectiveness in increasing…”
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Authentic Happiness at Work: Self- and Peer-Rated Orientations to Happiness, Work Satisfaction, and Stress Coping by Tandler, Nancy, Krauss, Annette, Proyer, René T.

“…The authentic happiness theory covers three basic orientations to happiness; namely, the life of pleasure (via hedonism); engagement (via flow-related…”
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Character Strengths – Stability, Change, and Relationships with Well-Being Changes by Gander, Fabian, Hofmann, Jennifer, Proyer, René T., Ruch, Willibald

“…Character strengths are positively valued personality traits that are assumed to be stable across time and situations, but also malleable due to cultivation or…”
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Who Benefits From Humor-Based Positive Psychology Interventions? The Moderating Effects of Personality Traits and Sense of Humor by Wellenzohn, Sara, Proyer, René T, Ruch, Willibald

“…The evidence for the effectiveness of humor-based positive psychology interventions (PPIs; i.e., interventions aimed at enhancing happiness and lowering…”
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Assessing Jealousy: Factor Analyses, Measurement Invariance, Nomological Validity, and Longitudinal APIM Analyses of the Multidimensional Jealousy Scale by Brauer, Kay, Proyer, René T

“…The Multidimensional Jealousy Scale is the standard instrument to assess cognitive, emotional, and behavioral jealousy. We examined competing factor models and…”
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Positive psychology interventions in people aged 50-79 years: long-term effects of placebo-controlled online interventions on well-being and depression by Proyer, René T., Gander, Fabian, Wellenzohn, Sara, Ruch, Willibald

“…Objectives: Various positive psychology interventions have been experimentally tested, but only few studies addressed the effects of such activities in…”
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The ridiculed Impostor: Testing the associations between dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at and the Impostor Phenomenon by Brauer, Kay, Proyer, René T.

“…Individual differences in how people experience and engage in laughter and ridicule can be described by three personality dispositions: gelotophobia (fear of…”
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Localizing gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in domains and facets of maladaptive personality traits: A multi-study report using self- and informant ratings by Brauer, Kay, Sendatzki, Rebekka, Proyer, René T.

“…•Localizing gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in the PID-5 system.•Dealing with laughter and ridicule relates differentially to maladaptive…”
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