Ajit Singh Mann

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychological Science Loyola Marymount University

  • Los Angeles CA

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Biography

Ajit Singh Mann is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at Loyola Marymount University. He earned his Ph.D. in Positive Developmental Psychology from Claremont Graduate University in 2024. His research focuses on pro-environmental behavior in older adulthood. Bridging the gap between developmental and positive psychology, his research program broadly examines the role of flow experiences in aging well. He has expertise in intensive longitudinal research methods such as the Experience Sampling Method and complementary statistical techniques such as multilevel modeling. He has published his research in both developmental and positive psychology journals.

Education

Claremont Graduate University

Ph.D.

Positive Developmental Psychology

2024

Claremont Graduate University

M.A.

Positive Developmental Psychology

2018

Areas of Expertise

Aging
Environmental Behaviors
Flow
Quality of Life
Intrinsic Motivation
Well-Being
Experience Sampling Method

Courses

PSYC 1000

General Psychology

PSYC 2001

Statistical Methods for Psychology

PSYC 2002

Research Methods

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Articles

Flow in daily life

More activities for teaching positive psychology: A guide for instructors. American Psychological Association.

Mann, A. S., Robinson, P., & Nakamura, J. (2025). Flow in daily life. In S. D. Pressman & A. C. Parks (Eds.), More activities for teaching positive psychology: A guide for instructors (pp. 195–210). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000417-018

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Comparing the effects of flow proneness and mindfulness on daily subjective wellbeing through daily control beliefs: A diary study during COVID-19

The Journal of Positive Psychology

Mann, A. S., & Nakamura, J. (2025). Comparing the effects of flow proneness and mindfulness on daily subjective wellbeing through daily control beliefs: A diary study during COVID-19. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 20(2), 344–359. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2024.2322453

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Reducing discrepancies between actual and ideal affect across adulthood: The roles of activity flow conduciveness, pleasantness, and familiarity

Cognition and Emotion

Jiang, D., Tse, D. C., Gong, X., Tsang, V. H., Fung, H. H., Mann, A. S., Nakamura, J., & Tsai, J. L. (2024). Reducing discrepancies between actual and ideal affect across adulthood: the roles of activity flow conduciveness, pleasantness, and familiarity. Cognition and Emotion, 38(8), 1303–1317. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2024.2367782

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