Effects of Positive Psychology Interventions on the Well-Being of Young
The research community in positive psychology focuses specifically on positive emotions and positive character traits to improve mental health and promote well-being. ... (Figure 1), the initial literature searches returned 762 papers, and 715 results remained after removing duplicates. Title and summary screening led to the removal of 685 ...
The Journal of Positive Psychology: Vol 19, No 3 (Current issue)
Ecological introspection resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic: The threat perception of the pandemic was positively related to pro-environmental behaviors. Shijiang Zuo, Fang Wang, Ying-Yi Hong, Hoi-Wing Chan, Connie Pui-Yee Chiu & Xue Wang. Pages: 457-470. Published online: 17 Mar 2023.
Positive Psychology: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Carol D. Ryff *. Department of Psychology, Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States. Envisioning the future of positive psychology (PP) requires looking at its past. To that end, I first review prior critiques of PP to underscore that certain early problems have persisted over time.
A Narrative Review of Peer-Led Positive Psychology Interventions
1. Introduction. Positive psychology is a subdiscipline of psychology that concerns itself with scientifically informed approaches to what makes life worth living, focusing on aspects of the human condition that promote fulfilment, happiness, and flourishing [].As such, positive psychology forms a counterpoint to traditional or clinical psychology, which tends to focus on psychopathology and ...
Study on positive psychology from 1999 to 2021: A bibliometric analysis
After more than two decades of development, many research papers have been published in the field of positive psychology research. Researchers systematically reviewed 1,336 articles published between 1999 and 2013 and found that positive psychology is a growing and dynamic subfield within the broader discipline of psychology ( Donaldson et al ...
The Journal of Positive Psychology
The Journal of Positive Psychology provides an interdisciplinary and international forum for the science and application of positive psychology. The Journal is devoted to basic research and professional application on states of optimal human functioning and fulfilment, and the facilitation and promotion of human flourishing in all its forms.
Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building
The research and insights in this paper have pointed to a raft of positive psychology factors that can be incorporated into interventions, including helping people find a sense meaning and coherence, providing information on coping skills and how to engage in positive refocusing and re-appraisal, highlighting the importance of drawing upon one ...
Frontiers
Positive psychology, emerging within the field of psychology as a paradigm for quality teaching and scientific research development (Csíkszentmihályi, 1990; Seligman, 1999; Seligman and Csíkszentmihályi, 2000), lies in its nature to address and prevent pathologies and maladaptive experiences.
The Effectiveness of Positive Psychology Interventions for Promoting
2.1 Positive Psychology and Increasing Well-Being. The positive psychology movement emerged in the wake of psychology's overwhelming emphasis on pathology. Seligman and colleagues (Csikszentmihalyi & Seligman, 2000; Seligman et al., 2006) observed that since the end of the Second World War, research in psychology had been dominated by the study of mental illness.
Selected Scholarly Articles
Pursuing Happiness in Everyday Life: The Characteristics and Behaviors of Online Happiness Seekers, Parks et al., 2012. Disseminating Self-Help: Positive Psychology Exercises in an Online Trial, Schueller & Parks, 2012. Building Resilience, Harvard Business Review, Seligman, 2011. Character Strengths Research:
The neuroscience of positive emotions and affect: Implications for
Regarding human research in positive affect, in their much-cited review, Ashby and Isen (1999) theorized that a) positive affect is associated with increased dopamine levels via dopamine release from VTA, and that b) dopamine mediates the relation between positive affect and cognitive function. Despite the popularity of this theory, many ...
(PDF) What (and Why) Is Positive Psychology?
Positive psychology is the study of the con-. ditions and processes that contribute to the. flourishing or optimal functioning of people, groups, and institutions. Defined in this way, positive ...
Latest articles from The Journal of Positive Psychology
Efficacy of the "Feel Good - Think Positive", a school-based positive psychology intervention targeting optimism and hope in children. Vasiliki C. Baourda, Andreas Brouzos & Stephanos P. Vassilopoulos. Published online: 21 Dec 2023. 558 Views. 0 CrossRef citations.
Mindfulness-based positive psychology interventions: a systematic
Background There are hundreds of mindfulness-based interventions in the form of structured and unstructured therapies, trainings, and meditation programs, mostly utilized in a clinical rather than a well-being perspective. The number of empirical studies on positive potentials of mindfulness is comparatively less, and their known status in academia is ambiguous. Hence, the current paper aimed ...
Positive Psychology: Theory, Research and Applications
Positive Psychology: Theory, Research and Applications. K. Hefferon, Ilona Boniwell. Published 1 June 2011. Psychology. Preface Acknowledgements Guided Tour Introduction to Positive Psychology Understanding Emotions Happiness and Subjective Wellbeing across Nations Eudaimonic Wellbeing Optimism, Explanatory Style and Hope Resilience, Post ...
A qualitative study of positive psychological experiences and ...
While much research has focused on challenges that younger and older people have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, little attention has been given to the capacity for resilience among these groups. We therefore explored positive psychological experiences and coping behaviours that protected mental health and well-being. Participants were 40 young people (aged 13-24) and 28 older adults ...
Positive Psychology: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Abstract. Envisioning the future of positive psychology (PP) requires looking at its past. To that end, I first review prior critiques of PP to underscore that certain early problems have persisted over time. I then selectively examine recent research to illustrate progress in certain areas as well as draw attention to recurrent problems.
Associations between emotional intelligence and subjective wellbeing in
The purpose of this research was to examine associations between subjective wellbeing and emotional intelligence in the Lithuanian youth sample. In the research, a simple random sample consisted of 556 respondents. The procedure was administered online and followed the General Data Protection Regulation guidelines. Before data gathering, this study was reviewed and approved by the research ...
Contemporary positive psychology perspectives and future directions
A more recent positive psychology approach (PP2.0) aims to advance previous discourses and give positive psychology a new direction (Wong, 2020b; Yakushko, 2019 ). PP2.0 emphasizes a new approach to life and meaning by working through both sides of situations, the negative and the positive, and by a subtle appreciation of the ambivalent nature ...
Positive Psychology Research: Theory and Practice :: University of Waikato
Positive Psychology Research: Theory and Practice. 2024. Change year. 2023; 2022; 2021; 2020; 2019; 2018; This paper is not offered for 2024. For previous occurrences, try the 2023 version of this year ... Provides students theoretical and practical broadening in Positive Psychology, the study of positive emotions, character strength ...
Full article: Martin Seligman: answering the call to help others
Hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants have been awarded and many academic journals, including The Journal of Positive Psychology, have been founded to publish the resulting research. As of 2013, some 18,000 scientific articles had already been published by researchers on a wide variety of topics in positive psychology (Rusk ...
Positive Psychology and Physical Health
Positive psychology is the scientific study of a healthy and flourishing life. The goal of positive psychology is to complement and extend the traditional problem-focused psychology that has proliferated in recent decades. ... Research findings from positive psychology are intended to contribute to a more complete and balanced scientific ...
Research Paper: Coaching And Positive Psychology
Positive psychology provides important empirical underpinnings to the techniques and strategies that coaches use to help clients realize their goals on the path to greater well-being. Abstract. In this research paper I will explore three areas of positive psychology - Purpose - Gratitude - Strengths. I will demonstrate how coaching can be ...
Eclipse Psychology: How the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Will Unite People
This article is part of a special report on the total solar eclipse that will be visible from parts of the U.S., Mexico and Canada on April 8, 2024. It was 11:45 A.M. on August 21, 2017. I was in ...
Review of Positive Psychology Applications in Clinical Medical
Research in positive psychology has been dominated by cross-sectional correlational studies that measure levels of character strengths in individuals and then correlate these with a range of well-being measures and this is also true in clinical populations. ... the literature review only identified one paper that examined whether positive ...
Full article: The critiques and criticisms of positive psychology: a
The purpose of this systematic literature review was to explore the current critiques and criticisms of positive psychology and to provide a consolidated view of the main challenges facing the third wave of research. The review identified 32 records that posed 117 unique criticisms and critiques of various areas of the discipline.
COMMENTS
The research community in positive psychology focuses specifically on positive emotions and positive character traits to improve mental health and promote well-being. ... (Figure 1), the initial literature searches returned 762 papers, and 715 results remained after removing duplicates. Title and summary screening led to the removal of 685 ...
Ecological introspection resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic: The threat perception of the pandemic was positively related to pro-environmental behaviors. Shijiang Zuo, Fang Wang, Ying-Yi Hong, Hoi-Wing Chan, Connie Pui-Yee Chiu & Xue Wang. Pages: 457-470. Published online: 17 Mar 2023.
Carol D. Ryff *. Department of Psychology, Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States. Envisioning the future of positive psychology (PP) requires looking at its past. To that end, I first review prior critiques of PP to underscore that certain early problems have persisted over time.
1. Introduction. Positive psychology is a subdiscipline of psychology that concerns itself with scientifically informed approaches to what makes life worth living, focusing on aspects of the human condition that promote fulfilment, happiness, and flourishing [].As such, positive psychology forms a counterpoint to traditional or clinical psychology, which tends to focus on psychopathology and ...
After more than two decades of development, many research papers have been published in the field of positive psychology research. Researchers systematically reviewed 1,336 articles published between 1999 and 2013 and found that positive psychology is a growing and dynamic subfield within the broader discipline of psychology ( Donaldson et al ...
The Journal of Positive Psychology provides an interdisciplinary and international forum for the science and application of positive psychology. The Journal is devoted to basic research and professional application on states of optimal human functioning and fulfilment, and the facilitation and promotion of human flourishing in all its forms.
The research and insights in this paper have pointed to a raft of positive psychology factors that can be incorporated into interventions, including helping people find a sense meaning and coherence, providing information on coping skills and how to engage in positive refocusing and re-appraisal, highlighting the importance of drawing upon one ...
Positive psychology, emerging within the field of psychology as a paradigm for quality teaching and scientific research development (Csíkszentmihályi, 1990; Seligman, 1999; Seligman and Csíkszentmihályi, 2000), lies in its nature to address and prevent pathologies and maladaptive experiences.
2.1 Positive Psychology and Increasing Well-Being. The positive psychology movement emerged in the wake of psychology's overwhelming emphasis on pathology. Seligman and colleagues (Csikszentmihalyi & Seligman, 2000; Seligman et al., 2006) observed that since the end of the Second World War, research in psychology had been dominated by the study of mental illness.
Pursuing Happiness in Everyday Life: The Characteristics and Behaviors of Online Happiness Seekers, Parks et al., 2012. Disseminating Self-Help: Positive Psychology Exercises in an Online Trial, Schueller & Parks, 2012. Building Resilience, Harvard Business Review, Seligman, 2011. Character Strengths Research:
Regarding human research in positive affect, in their much-cited review, Ashby and Isen (1999) theorized that a) positive affect is associated with increased dopamine levels via dopamine release from VTA, and that b) dopamine mediates the relation between positive affect and cognitive function. Despite the popularity of this theory, many ...
Positive psychology is the study of the con-. ditions and processes that contribute to the. flourishing or optimal functioning of people, groups, and institutions. Defined in this way, positive ...
Efficacy of the "Feel Good - Think Positive", a school-based positive psychology intervention targeting optimism and hope in children. Vasiliki C. Baourda, Andreas Brouzos & Stephanos P. Vassilopoulos. Published online: 21 Dec 2023. 558 Views. 0 CrossRef citations.
Background There are hundreds of mindfulness-based interventions in the form of structured and unstructured therapies, trainings, and meditation programs, mostly utilized in a clinical rather than a well-being perspective. The number of empirical studies on positive potentials of mindfulness is comparatively less, and their known status in academia is ambiguous. Hence, the current paper aimed ...
Positive Psychology: Theory, Research and Applications. K. Hefferon, Ilona Boniwell. Published 1 June 2011. Psychology. Preface Acknowledgements Guided Tour Introduction to Positive Psychology Understanding Emotions Happiness and Subjective Wellbeing across Nations Eudaimonic Wellbeing Optimism, Explanatory Style and Hope Resilience, Post ...
While much research has focused on challenges that younger and older people have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, little attention has been given to the capacity for resilience among these groups. We therefore explored positive psychological experiences and coping behaviours that protected mental health and well-being. Participants were 40 young people (aged 13-24) and 28 older adults ...
Abstract. Envisioning the future of positive psychology (PP) requires looking at its past. To that end, I first review prior critiques of PP to underscore that certain early problems have persisted over time. I then selectively examine recent research to illustrate progress in certain areas as well as draw attention to recurrent problems.
The purpose of this research was to examine associations between subjective wellbeing and emotional intelligence in the Lithuanian youth sample. In the research, a simple random sample consisted of 556 respondents. The procedure was administered online and followed the General Data Protection Regulation guidelines. Before data gathering, this study was reviewed and approved by the research ...
A more recent positive psychology approach (PP2.0) aims to advance previous discourses and give positive psychology a new direction (Wong, 2020b; Yakushko, 2019 ). PP2.0 emphasizes a new approach to life and meaning by working through both sides of situations, the negative and the positive, and by a subtle appreciation of the ambivalent nature ...
Positive Psychology Research: Theory and Practice. 2024. Change year. 2023; 2022; 2021; 2020; 2019; 2018; This paper is not offered for 2024. For previous occurrences, try the 2023 version of this year ... Provides students theoretical and practical broadening in Positive Psychology, the study of positive emotions, character strength ...
Hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants have been awarded and many academic journals, including The Journal of Positive Psychology, have been founded to publish the resulting research. As of 2013, some 18,000 scientific articles had already been published by researchers on a wide variety of topics in positive psychology (Rusk ...
Positive psychology is the scientific study of a healthy and flourishing life. The goal of positive psychology is to complement and extend the traditional problem-focused psychology that has proliferated in recent decades. ... Research findings from positive psychology are intended to contribute to a more complete and balanced scientific ...
Positive psychology provides important empirical underpinnings to the techniques and strategies that coaches use to help clients realize their goals on the path to greater well-being. Abstract. In this research paper I will explore three areas of positive psychology - Purpose - Gratitude - Strengths. I will demonstrate how coaching can be ...
This article is part of a special report on the total solar eclipse that will be visible from parts of the U.S., Mexico and Canada on April 8, 2024. It was 11:45 A.M. on August 21, 2017. I was in ...
Research in positive psychology has been dominated by cross-sectional correlational studies that measure levels of character strengths in individuals and then correlate these with a range of well-being measures and this is also true in clinical populations. ... the literature review only identified one paper that examined whether positive ...
The purpose of this systematic literature review was to explore the current critiques and criticisms of positive psychology and to provide a consolidated view of the main challenges facing the third wave of research. The review identified 32 records that posed 117 unique criticisms and critiques of various areas of the discipline.