Positive Psychology - Concept Brief

Index of concepts

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 Concept Definition and Explanation

 

Psychology is closely associated with psychiatry and hence a lot of effort and research went into understanding how and why people lose their mental balance.

 

Positive psychology movement has emerged as a reaction to the emphasis that psychology has had on the negative, pathological aspects of human functioning and behaving. Martin Seligman of University of Pennsylvania is a leading thinker in this field.

 

The aim of positive psychology is to discover and promote the factors that allow individuals, groups, organizations, and communities to do better or thrive.

 

The three key levels of positive psychology are positive emotions, positive traits and positive institutions.

 

Visit Positive Psychology Center of UPenn

http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu/

 

 

 

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Articles 

Creativing positive work culture using positive psychology
Q&A with Sarah Lewis - March 2012

How positive thinking differs from positive psychology
http://www.zircon-mc.co.uk/2011/05/27/how-positive-psychology-differs-from-positive-thinking-according-to-sarah-lewis/

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Books

2011
Positive Psychology at work by Sarah Lewis
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=1yzL4ie2XkUC

2002
Authentic Happiness: Using the new Positive psychology to realize your potential for lasting fulfilment
Martin Seligman
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=3L0BCCoFMRgC

1998

Martin E.P. Seligman, Learned Optimism, Pocket Books, New York, 1998 (Original publication 1991)

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Research Papers

2008

2007

2000

Martin E.P. Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, "Positve Psychology," American Psychologist, January 2000,

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