Peter Horvath
psychology
Acadia University
Canada
Biography
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Acadia University B.A., McGill University M.A., University of Western Ontario Ph.D., University of Ottawa
Research Interest
Peter Horvath is a clinical psychologist with research interests in personality theory, abnormal psychology, and social psychology. He has conducted research on personality, depression, clinical assessment, psychological services in the community, and psychotherapy. His research has focused on the relationship of personality attributes and motivational orientations to vulnerabilities for emotional disorders. His more current research examined the components of self-determination and self-regulation that account for psychological well-being. Recently supervised theses have examined the psychological antecedents and correlates of psychological well-being.
Publications
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Horvath, P, & McColl, V. (2013). Behavioral and experiential self-regulations in psychological well-being under proximal and distal goal conditions. Psychology, 4, 975-984.
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Horvath, P. (2014). The relationship of self-regulatory processes, motivational conditions, and temporal frameworks with psychological well-being. In C. Pracana (Ed.), Psychology applications & developments: Advances in psychology and psychological trend series (pp. 24-33). Lisbon, Portugal: InScience Press.
