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(1) Self-construal (how the self is perceived/constructed) and its relationship with well-being;  (2) Mindfulness or mindful awareness and its role in well-being and other psychological processes;  (3) ‘Flourishing’ and other optimal levels of functioning such as wisdom, authenticity, reflexive understanding, dialectical thinking, etc.;  (4) Quiet ego (transcending the ego, ‘no-self’, non-attachment to the self, lack of illusions about the self);  (5) Empirical testing of alternative models of psychological well-being such as the Buddhist philosophical/psychological model;  (6) Happiness and subjective well-being; (7) Religious/spiritual thought and cognitions;  (8) Cultural differences in thinking. 

Contact Information

Office: 3043 - Physical Sciences
Phone: 2175816416

Education/Academic qualification

Management Engineering, B.S., Ateneo de Manila University

Committee on Research Methodology and Quantitative Psychology, B.S., University of Chicago

Psychology (Committee on Human Development), Ph.D., University of Chicago

(Committee on Human Development), M.A., University of Chicago

Disciplines

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology

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