I am interested in the investigation of the quality of life across the life span.
I am an advocate of growth models of aging and the "salutogenic" approach, an orientation
that focuses on positive, healthy development. Specifically, I am interested in
the investigation of existential constructs such as personal meaning, optimism, death
attitudes, and spirituality and their adaptive role in mediating /moderating between
sources of life stress and physical and mental health. I have a secondary interest
in the development of measuring instruments in the areas of health, personal meaning,
death attitudes, stress and coping, resilience, spirituality, subjective well-
Gary T. Reker, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology
Trent University,
Peterborough, ON, K9H 7K9
B.A. (McMaster University)
M.A.Sc. (University of Waterloo)
Ph.D. (University of Waterloo)
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Reker on Happiness:
“The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they simply make the best of everything they have.”
Reker on Positive Psychology:
Positive psychology is nothing more than a simple re pouring of old wine into newly labelled bottles. I care about the wine, not the bottles it comes in.