positive psychology

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academic discipline branch of psychology research field

Positive psychology is a branch of psychology that scientifically studies human strengths, well-being, and optimal functioning to understand and promote what makes life most worth living.

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Label	Occurrences
positive psychology canonical	5
positive psychology movement	2
PERMA model	1
authentic happiness theory	1
positive psychology (loosely and controversially)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic discipline ⓘ branch of psychology ⓘ research field ⓘ
aimsTo	enhance life satisfaction ⓘ promote human flourishing ⓘ understand what makes life worth living ⓘ
appliedIn	clinical psychology ⓘ coaching ⓘ education ⓘ organizational settings ⓘ public policy ⓘ
associatedWith	Christopher Peterson ⓘ Ed Diener ⓘ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ⓘ Sonja Lyubomirsky ⓘ
contrastsWith	deficit-based models of mental health ⓘ pathology-focused psychology ⓘ
emergedIn	late 20th century ⓘ
emphasizes	building positive experiences ⓘ cultivating virtues ⓘ evidence-based interventions ⓘ strengths-based approaches ⓘ
focusesOn	human strengths ⓘ optimal human functioning ⓘ well-being ⓘ
hasSubfield	positive education ⓘ positive organizational scholarship ⓘ positive psychotherapy ⓘ
includesModel	positive psychology self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PERMA model
popularizedBy	Martin Seligman ⓘ
relatedTo	health psychology ⓘ humanistic psychology ⓘ well-being science ⓘ
studies	character strengths ⓘ engagement ⓘ flow ⓘ gratitude ⓘ happiness ⓘ hope ⓘ life satisfaction ⓘ meaning in life ⓘ optimism ⓘ positive emotions ⓘ positive institutions ⓘ positive traits ⓘ post-traumatic growth ⓘ resilience ⓘ subjective well-being ⓘ
usesMethod	empirical research ⓘ scientific method ⓘ

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Viktor Frankl → influenced → positive psychology ⓘ

Abraham Maslow → influenced → positive psychology ⓘ

humanistic psychology → influenced → positive psychology ⓘ

positive psychology → includesModel → positive psychology self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PERMA model

Martin Seligman → theory → positive psychology ⓘ

this entity surface form: authentic happiness theory

law of attraction → relatedConcept → positive psychology ⓘ

this entity surface form: positive psychology (loosely and controversially)

…trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen → influenced → positive psychology ⓘ

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi → influenced → positive psychology ⓘ

this entity surface form: positive psychology movement

modern Stoicism → relatedMovement → positive psychology ⓘ

Authentic Happiness → associatedWith → positive psychology ⓘ

this entity surface form: positive psychology movement