Driving Impact With Scientific Precision
Take a look at my most recent scientific contributions to the field of positive psychology, wellbeing, and human-centered artificial intelligence.
Published in
Research Spanning Five Domains
Positive Psychology & Wellbeing
Examining the science of flourishing, meaning, work engagement, and wellbeing across cultures and career contexts.
Wellbeing Interventions
Design and evaluation of evidence-based positive psychological interventions, from brief protocols to multi-week coaching programmes, tested in clinical, academic, and organisational settings.
Psychometrics & Organisational Diagnostics
Development and cross-cultural validation of measurement instruments for wellbeing, self-efficacy, and organisational constructs using ESEM, ICM-CFA, and longitudinal invariance frameworks.
AI & Technology
Examining how artificial intelligence reshapes psychological practice: the competence paradox, unintended consequences, and the AI-IARA framework for cultivating human agency.
Meta-science & Critique
Methodological contributions to the discipline: systematic reviews of positive psychology's criticisms, reproducibility standards, and grand challenge statements for the field.
Publications
Search across journal articles, books, and chapters.
Showing 6 of 162 publications
The competence paradox: when psychologists overestimate their understanding of Artificial Intelligence
AI & SOCIETY
Authors: Llewellyn Ellardus van Zyl
The Unintended Negative Consequences of Artificial Intelligence Use for Psychologists
Authors: Llewellyn Ellardus van Zyl
Beyond Universal Prescriptions: Toward A Person-Centered, Bottom-Up Science of Wellbeing
International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology
Authors: Llewellyn E. van Zyl, Bryan J. Dik
Cracks in the JD-R model? The failure of strengths use, job crafting, and home-work spillover to support wellbeing during COVID-19
Frontiers in Psychology
Authors: Llewellyn Ellardus van Zyl, Menno A. Cornelisse, Sebastiaan Rothmann
The Identification and Structure of Strengths within the LGBTQIA+ Community: A Qualitative and Empowered Thematic Investigation
International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology
Authors: Jeffrey J. Klibert, Nikki DiGregorio, Hayley Houseman, Michaela Shields, Donovan Edward, Ellen Murphy, Llewellyn van Zyl
Psychometric validation of the self-compassion scale and the link of self-compassion to managerial flourishing in South Africa
BMC Psychology
Authors: Mari Ford, Sebastiaan Rothmann, Llewellyn van Zyl
Interesting Statistics About My Work
Annual and cumulative citation growth
Output across 17 years of research
Distribution across 5 domains
Top co-authors by joint publications
Looking for validated instruments? Explore psychometric assessments
The Science Behind Safe AI
Weekly insights on Artificial Intelligence, Wellbeing science, and the psychology of trustworthy systems. Join 1,000+ forward thinking professionals.