*The Way Forward*

This Special Issue presents the latest studies on salutogenesis and coping in specific cultural and transcultural contexts. These studies present particular insights into specific socio-cultural contexts from qualitative and quantitative empirical, theoretical, and conceptual stances. The articles will lead to deeper discourse, new critical thinking, and expanded contextual knowledge, and will build a foundation for future research and applied interventions with regard to salutogenesis and coping.

The studies in the current Special Issue set the ground for continuing research toward even more comprehensive theoretical grounds: studies which incorporate several theoretical backgrounds and explore a broad theoretical model that may help us to understand successful adaptation in various contexts. We suggest that future studies in the field should incorporate several theories into one model: theories of stress appraisal and coping [1], salutogenesis [4,7], and acculturation [21,22], which are fundamental to the understanding of successful adaptation in various situations. Each of these theoretical foundations will contribute its own driven variables to a model that will encompass the socio-ecological surroundings of the participants. Such studies will enable examination of how different demographic and contextual variables, cognitive appraisals, coping resources, and coping and acculturation strategies relate to each other and to psychological adaptation, on one hand, and various psychological problems, on the other. A comprehensive and coherent model of relations among the variables that relies on the above-mentioned three well-established theories could advance our theoretical and practical knowledge of how people cope and adapt in various contexts and cultures. In summary, the results of studies that incorporate these theories may promote the understanding of the effect of coping resources, and strategies, in addition to acculturation strategies (among minority groups) for positive adaptation. Practically, such research has the potential to help parents, educators, leaders, and policymakers to become better aware of the difficulties experienced by individuals who are confronted with meaningful challenges and stressors. This awareness can assist the establishment of research-based, theory-driven prevention and intervention programs to promote adjustment and adaptation in numerous contexts and cultures.

**Author Contributions:** All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
