Positive Psychology
Field studying well-being, strengths, and flourishing rather than disorder, from Martin Seligman's late-1990s call.
Specifications & Metrics
- focus
- Well-being, character strengths, flow, meaning, and the conditions of flourishing
- pioneer
- Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2000 manifesto)
- method
- Well-being measurement, longitudinal studies of flourishing, intervention trials
Core Principles & Analysis
- Seligman launched the movement as American Psychological Association president in 1998, arguing psychology had neglected the positive side of life.
- The 2000 Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi issue of American Psychologist set its research agenda.
- Signature constructs include PERMA well-being, flow, and classified character strengths.
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