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

M.A.

Positive Developmental Psychology

2018

Claremont Graduate University

Ph.D.

Positive Developmental Psychology

2024

Areas of Expertise

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

Courses

PSYC 3998

Positive Psychology

PSYC 2002

Research Methods

PSYC 2001

Statistical Methods for Psychology

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Articles

Quality of experience in prosocial activity and intent to continue: An experience sampling study

Psychology and Aging

Nakamura, J., Tse, D. C. K., & Mann, A. S. (2022). Quality of experience in prosocial activity and intent to continue: An experience sampling study. Psychology and Aging, 37(2), 190–196. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000658

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Solitary prosociality in later life: An experience sampling study

Research on Aging

Mann, A. S., Boeder, J., Tse, D. C. K., Graham, L., & Nakamura, J. (2022). Solitary prosociality in later life: An experience sampling study. Research on Aging, 44(9–10), 724–733. https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275211062124

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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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