Positive Psychology Research in Israel: Current Reality and Future Vision

Anat Shoshani; Mario Mikulincer

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-57354-6_13

Positive Psychology Research in Israel: Current Reality and Future Vision

Anat Shoshani^*
, Mario Mikulincer

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Middle East has been exposed to armed conflict, war, invasion, and terrorism for many years, and therefore has been considered to be a natural research field for studying the impact of political violence on well-being and mental health. For most of the last two decades, since the positive psychology movement began, the study of positive psychology in the Middle East lagged behind that of war-related psychopathology in both volume and complexity. However, multiple political and cultural transitions in the region in recent years have led to a growing interest in research and practice on positive psychology. Much of the research has been conducted in Israel, especially in the educational realm. The present chapter reviews pioneering studies of positive psychology in the Middle East, describes the positive-education revolution in the educational system of Israel, and discusses the school as the optimal setting for strengthening the mental health and wellbeing of children in war-torn areas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The International Handbook of Positive Psychology
Subtitle of host publication	A Global Perspective on the Science of Positive Human Existence
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	397-413
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030573546
ISBN (Print)	9783030573539
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57354-6_13
State	Published - 1 Jan 2022
Externally published	Yes

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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022, corrected publication 2022.

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Keywords

Children
Conflict
Intervention
Mental-health
Middle-east
Positive psychology
School
War
Well-being

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