“…Before moving forward, to put the present dissertation into context, it is important to acknowledge the foundations of the positive psychological research in Hungary. Apart from theoretical works and general introductions (e.g., Pléh, 2004;Oláh, 2004aOláh, , 2012Oláh & Kapitány-Fövény, 2012), several Hungarian studies have been conducted within the framework of positive psychology that examined, for instance, coping (Oláh, 1995;Rózsa et al, 2008), psychological immunity (Oláh, 2004b), subjective wellbeing (Martos & Kopp, 2011;Pikó, 2005), spirituality (Pikó, Kovács, & Kriston, 2011), flow (Magyaródi & Oláh, 2015;Oláh, 2005), optimism (Szondy, 2004(Szondy, , 2006, or emotional intelligence (Nagy, 2010;Nagy, Oláh, & G. Tóth, 2009). Interested readers are referred to Magyaródi (2012) for a review of the positive psychological scientific literature between 2000 and 2011.…”