Author: Noel Maturlu

• Kavotemia: Thriving Because of Adversity

  Dr Noel Maturlu Published in Issue 1.2 // LaB Press http://doi.org/10.63994/xiaph2 KEYWORDS: Kavotemia; Differential Bliss Receptibility; Adversity; Flourishing; Spirituality. Abstract Kavotemia is introduced as a novel interdisciplinary construct that describes the capacity to…

  

• The Social, Emotional, and Educational Impact of Family Disruption on Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review 

  Dr Noel Maturlu, Dr Jesse Omoregie, Dr Philip Nukpe, Parvaneh Sara Pakshir Published in Issue 1.2 // LaB Press http://doi.org/10.63994/5b43rx KEYWORDS: Family disruption; Broken homes; Impacts of family disruption; Impact of broken homes;…

  

• Family Kinship: For Better or for Worse

  Dr Noel Maturlu Published in Issue 1.2 // LaB Press http://doi.org/10.63994/xiaph2 KEYWORDS: Kinship; Human flourishing; Divine love; Family bonds; African religiosity Abstract Kinship, especially the family bond between parents and children, forms the…

  

• Silent Killers of Love: The Toxic Power of Unspoken and Unrealistic Expectations

  Dr Noel Maturlu Published in Issue 1.2 // The LaB http://doi.org/10.63994/y01a4i Keywords: Unrealistic Expectations, Intimate Relationships, Myths, Marriage, Resilience Abstract Unrealistic and unspoken expectations are a major but often overlooked cause of dissatisfaction…

  

• Domestic Violence in the UK Zimbabwean Diaspora

  Authors: Mvikeli Ncube, Ph and Professor Matthew Hall Published in Issue 1.0 // The LaB http://doi.org/10.63994/veaodh Key words: Zimbabwean diaspora, migration, culture, relationships, domestic violenceT, Spirituality, Bliss, Flourishing, Adversity Abstract Political instability in…

  

• LOVE: A New Psychological Model of Bliss

  Noel Maturlu Published in Issue 1.1 // LaB Press http://doi.org/10.63994/j4j1wd KEYWORDS: LOVE, Spirituality, Bliss, Flourishing, Adversity. Abstract Bliss, akin to flourishing, represents a holistic state of optimal well-being that transcends fleeting happiness, encompassing…

  

• Could some forms of psychological adversity be a blessing in disguise? 

  Noel Maturlu Published in Issue 1.1 // LaB Press http://dx.doi.org/10.62762/IECE.2024.000000 KEYWORDS: Spirituality, spiritual emergency, mental health, mental disorder. Abstract Spirituality has been described as an ambivalent experience. On the one hand, due to…

  

• The Moderating Effects of Religious Coping on the Relationship between Spirituality and Flourishing under High Adversity

  Noel Maturlu Published in ssue 1.1 // LaB Press http://doi.org/10.63994/cvq4pd KEYWORDS: Spirituality, Positive Religious Coping, Suffering, Adversity, Flourishing Abstract This study investigates the moderating effects of positive and negative religious coping on the…

  

• Positive Effects of Adversity on Religiosity, Spirituality and Depression: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis

  Noel Maturlu Published in Issue 1.1 // LaB Press http://doi.org/10.63994/i909og KEYWORDS: Religiosity, Spirituality, Depression,Adversity, Differential Spiritual Receptivity Abstract The current study aimed to systematically examine the positive effects of adversity on the relationship…

  

• Positive Role of Adversity and Suffering in The Relationship Between Spirituality and Flourishing

  Noel Maturlu Published in Issue 1.0 // The LaB http://doi.org/10.63994/5q5dlt KEYWORDS: LOVE, LAT, Spirituality, Bliss, Flourishing, Adversity Abstract This study explores the role of adversity and suffering, specifically operationalised as stress, in the…