Joel's research interests are in positive psychology (especially the psychology of gratitude and the psychology of encouragement), Asian/Asian American mental health, and the psychology of men and masculinities. Some of his research has been conducted using international samples, for example from China, Taiwan & Singapore. He has provided consultation to a university in Singapore as well as to the Ministry of Education in Singapore, on several projects including to introduce the Gratitude Group Program he developed to Singapore schools.

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