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EXISTENTIAL POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT MEMBERSHIP AWARD

Tim Yu — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:08:34 +0000

This award is to encourage undergraduate students to get involved in the exciting new fields of existential positive psychology (EPP). Winners will be awarded one of 5 one-year INPM Student Membership, generously donated by Don Laird from eTalkTherapy, LLC. All undergraduate students are encouraged to submit a brief essay indicating why they are interested in learning more about EPP (see Wong 2021, 2023; Wong et al., 2021). Topics include:

Is happiness a right or is it earned?
Is it possible to live a meaningful life in a post-pandemic era?
How is the meaning of being human challenged by the rapid development of robot and artificial intelligence (AI) technology?
What is the meaning of love in a post-pandemic world?
What is the use of university education when it cannot guarantee a good quality of life (e.g., employment or being able to pay my bills)?
What are your hopes or dreams for the future?

PRIZES

As judged by a panel of adjudicators consisting of Don Laird, Paul T. P. Wong, and Tim Yu, the five selected winners will receive a one-year INPM Student Membership with the following benefits:

Free subscription to the Quarterly Positive Living Newsletter.
Access to the Meaningful Living Group and its materials.
20% discounts on INPM workshop, conference, and Summer Institute registration.
20% discount on INPM Publications.
Free subscription and submission to our peer-reviewed online Journal.
Expert consultation on meaning-focused research and clinical applications.
Access to the INPM’s online learning library archive of previous workshop and conference recordings.

After the first round of selection, all five winners will have the opportunity to have their expanded papers published in the International Journal of Existential Positive Psychology.

Winners will be notified by December 1, 2023

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All undergraduate students are invited to submit their papers to tim.inpm@gmail.com no later than 11:59 PM on November 1^st, 2023

The email subject line should be “INPM Student Membership Award | Author Name(s)”
The attached file(s) should be .docx or .doc (or .rtf for those without Microsoft Word)
Text should be single-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-pt font
Your submission should be 300-500 words (main text)
We encourage APA 7^th formatting and referencing
Submissions should be authored by only one undergraduate who is interested in becoming a student member of INPM (winners may be asked for their student identification). Each student may only submit one submission for this award.

After the first round of selection, all five winners will expand their submission to a short paper (1000 words), and after a courtesy review, have it published in the International Journal of Existential Positive Psychology. (This publication can include the student’s supervisor as a second author)

References

Wong, P. T. P. (2021). What is existential positive psychology (PP 2.0)? Why is it necessary for mental health during the pandemic? International Journal of Existential Positive Psychology, 10(1), 1–16. https://www.meaning.ca/ijepp-article/vol10-no1/what-is-existential-positive-psychology-pp-2-0-why-is-it-necessary-for-mental-health-during-the-pandemic/

Wong, P. T. P. (2023). Spiritual-existential wellbeing (SEW): The faith-hope-love model of mental health and total wellbeing. International Journal of Existential Positive Psychology, 12(1). https://www.meaning.ca/ijepp-article/vol12-no1/spiritual-existential-wellbeing/

Wong, P. T. P., Mayer, C.-H., & Arslan, G. (Eds.). (2021b). Existential Positive Psychology (PP2.0) and the new science of flourishing through suffering [Editorial]. Frontiers. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.800308/full

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Primals Research Student Awards

Tim Yu — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:50:22 +0000

The Primals Project at Penn’s Positive Psychology Center is delighted to announce the Primals Research Student Awards for PhD students and postdoc trainees only. Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded for the empirical study of primals—also called “primal world beliefs.” Primals are basic perceptions of the world’s general character. A foundational taxonomic effort recently identified 26 hierarchically arranged primals that are stable over time and orthogonal to most demographics, yet strongly correlated to behavior and wellbeing (Clifton et al., 2019). Most variation is explained by three higher-order primals: the beliefs the world is Safe (vs. dangerous), Enticing (vs. dull), and Alive (vs. mechanistic). These awards are intended to encourage original research into the origins and psychological impact of any of the 26 primals. 2-page submissions due May 27, 2022 (details online).

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Taiwan Life Education Association has accepted Dr. Paul Wong as an honourable member

Tim Yu — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:37:01 +0000

Under the assistance of Dr. Chen (文藻大學前副校長陳立言教授, 2017 Paul 夫婦來台, 由陳教授安排國際短期講座教授, 住宿在文藻大學), the board of Taiwan Life Education Association has invited Paul to be an honourable member.

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Rising Youth Suicide Rate Demands New Solution

Roger Handling — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:03:55 +0000

Rising youth suicide is an indictment against the medical model and demands a new solution to the mental health crisis

Rising youth suicide demands a new solution to the mental health crisis Renowned Canadian psychologist trains a thousand meaning therapists to combat suicide

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, April 22, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — TORONTO, April 21, 2019 – Rising youth suicide in Canada and USA is an indictment against the medical model in mental health delivery, and demands an alternative solution.

Renowned Canadian psychologist Dr. Paul T. P. Wong wants to train an army of mental health workers in meaning therapy to combat this mental health crisis at the INPM Summer Institute in Toronto July 20-21, Hotel Novotel North York.

“Dr. Viktor Frankl had considerable success in reducing youth suicide with logotherapy in Vienna Psychiatry Hospital,” said Wong. “Meaning therapy is the 21st century version of logotherapy, based on my decades of research on stress and meaning.”

Since research has shown that suicide is closely related to trauma and the lack of a reason for living in the midst of suffering, Wong’s meaning therapy offers the following life-saving messages:

1) Even the darkest hour will pass, and a new dawn will begin as surely as day comes after night. Just hang in there a bit longer, tomorrow may bring something new.
2) Count your present suffering as a worthy sacrifice for someone or something more important than your own life.
3) To end your life is a very selfish act of inflicting devastating pain on those who love you; it will place a terrible emotional burden on them.
4) You need courage and patience to endure the present suffering; you will create a better future, if you do not lose faith.
5) If you believe that life has intrinsic meaning and value, then your suffering will be more bearable, and you will discover the reason for living, whatever the situation.

The above five time-tested and empirically supported principles will not only fortify people’s minds against suffering, but also reignite a passion for living despite their painful problems.

All mental health workers can learn the necessary skill set of MT to instill hope in people who consider suicide as a way out of a difficult situation.

These workers may serve as facilitators for meaningful living meetup groups (www.meetup.com/Toronto-meaningful-living-group/) and offer MT counselling on site or online. In addition, Apps will be developed to spread different variations of the above 5 life saving messages to all those who are considering suicide.

“The medical model of having more psychiatrists, more diagnoses, more medications has not stopped the rising rate of teen death by suicide and overdose,” said Wong. “We need to equip people with life skills to cope with stress, develop resilience and live a fulfilling life. Dr. Frankl has already demonstrated that meaning-therapy is much more economical and effective in combating suicide than the medical model. I do hope that the Government and psychological associations will support my approach.”

The clinical skills to transform trauma into resilience will be taught in the INPM Summer Institute in Toronto July 20-21 at Hotel Novotel. The life-saving messages are also summarized in Wong’s recent book, Inspirations for Difficult Times. He hopes that his book will help young people and their parents develop a more realistic but optimistic orientation towards life.

To contact Wong for an interview, email drpaulwong@gmail.com or visit www.drpaulwong.com.

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Summer Institute Early Bird Pricing Ends April 30

Roger Handling — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 17:37:43 +0000

Early Bird Pricing Ends Soon, Register Today

April 30 is the deadline for early bird registration, fees increase from: Members $379 | Non-members $479 to Members $399 | Non-members $499 at the end of the month. Register today and save.

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