Summit
2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2025
Dismantling Stoic Myths: Stoic Attitudes Are Linked to Psychological Strengths, Not Emotional Suppression
- Shanbairong Nie
Hamilton College - Yunwen Wang
Hamilton College - Ashylia Solane
Hamilton College - Sijian He
Hamilton College - Nicole Moncada
Hamilton College - Yingtao Li
Hamilton College - Alexander MacLellan
Bath Spa University - Michael Lewis
Hamilton College
Abstract
We examined how modern Stoicism relates to psychological well-being. We hypothesized that Stoicism would correlate positively with resilience and reappraisal, and negatively with difficulty in emotion regulation and intolerance of uncertainty. Results support our predictions. Findings suggest Stoicism promotes psychological strengths and challenges misconceptions of it as emotionally restrictive.
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