The Surprising New Science of Suffering: What is Suffering? How Can We Turn it into Flourishing?

Dr. Paul T. P. Wong introduces his studies in suffering and explains how to transform suffering into flourishing. Presented virtually at the Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University

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Arslan, G. & Wong, P. T. P. (2022). Measuring Personal and Social Responsibility: An Existential Positive Psychology Approach. Journal of Happiness and Health, 2(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.47602/johah.v2i1.5 Ho, S., Cook, K. V., Chen, Z. J., Kurniati, N. M. T., Suwartono, C., Widyarini, N., Wong, P. T. P., & Cowden, R. G. (under review). Suffering, psychological distress, and well-being in Indonesia: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Happiness and Health. VanderWeele T. J. (2019). Suffering and response: Directions in empirical research. Social science & medicine (1982), 224, 58–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.01.041 Wong, P. T. P. (1971). Coerced approach to shock, punishment of competing responses and resistance to extinction in the rat. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 76, 275-281. Wong, P. T. P. (1979). Frustration, exploration, and learning. Canadian Psychological Review, 20, 133-144. Wong, P. T. P. (1993). Effective management of life stress: The resource-congruence model. Stress Medicine, 9(1), 51-60. Wong, P. T. P. (1995). A stage model of coping with frustrative stress. In R. Wong (Ed.), Biological perspectives on motivated activities (pp. 339–378). Ablex Publishing Corporation. Wong, P. T. P. (2011). Positive psychology 2.0: Towards a balanced interactive model of the good life. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne, 52(2), 69–81. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022511 Wong, P. T. P. (2012a). Toward a dual-systems model of what makes life worth living. In P. T. P. Wong (Ed.), The human quest for meaning: Theories, research, and applications (2nd ed., pp. 3-22). Routledge. Wong, P. T. P. (Ed.) (2012b). The Human Quest for Meaning: Theories, Research, and Applications. Routledge. Wong, P. T. P. (2016). Meaning-seeking, self-transcendence, and well-being. In A. Batthyany (Ed.), Logotherapy and existential analysis: Proceedings of the Viktor Frankl Institute (Vol. 1; pp. 311-322). Springer. Wong, P. T. P. (2020a). Existential Positive Psychology and Integrative Meaning Therapy. International Review of Psychiatry. Doi:10.1080/09540261.2020.1814703 Wong, P. T. P. (2020b). Made for Resilience and Happiness: Effective Coping with COVID-19 According to Viktor E. Frankl and Paul T. P. Wong. INPM Press. Wong, P. T. P. (2021). The Frankl cure for the 21st century: Why self-transcendence is the key to mental health and flourishing. The International Forum for Logotherapy, 41(2), 33-50. Doi:10.31234/osf.io/tbx3f Wong, P. T. P., & Bowers, V. (2018). Mature happiness and global wellbeing in difficult times. In N. R. Silton (Ed.), Scientific concepts behind happiness, kindness, and empathy in contemporary society. IGI Global. Wong, P. T. P., & Watt, L. (1991). What types of reminiscence are associated with successful aging? Psychology and Aging, 6(2), 272-279. Wong, P. T. P., & Yu, T. T. F. (2021). Existential suffering in palliative care: An existential positive psychology perspective. Medicina, 57(9), 924. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57090924 Wong, P. T. P., Arslan, G., Bowers, V. L., Peacock, E. J., Kjell, O. N. E., Ivtzan, I., Lomas, T. (2021). Self-transcendence as a buffer against COVID-19 suffering: The development and validation of the Self-Transcendence measure-B. Frontiers, 12, 4229. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648549 Wong, P. T. P., Reker, G. T. & Peacock, E. (2006). The resource-congruence model of coping and the development of the Coping Schemas Inventory. In P. T. P. Wong, & L. C. J., Wong (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural perspectives on stress and coping (pp. 223-283). Springer.

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