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Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable
individuals and communities to thrive. The Positive Psychology Center promotes
research, training, education, and the dissemination of Positive Psychology. This
field is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling
lives, to cultivate what is best within themselves, and to enhance their experiences
of love, work and play.
Positive Psychology has three central concerns: positive emotions, positive individual
traits, and positive institutions. Understanding positive emotions entails the study
of contentment with the past, happiness in the present, and hope for the future.
Understanding positive individual traits consists of the study of the strengths and
virtues, such as the capacity for love and work, courage, compassion, resilience,
creativity, curiosity, integrity, self-knowledge, moderation, self-control, and
wisdom. Understanding positive institutions entails the study of the strengths that
foster better communities, such as justice, responsibility, civility, parenting,
nurturance, work ethic, leadership, teamwork, purpose, and tolerance.
Some of the goals of Positive Psychology are to build a science that supports:
- Families and schools that allow children to flourish
- Workplaces that foster satisfaction and high productivity
- Communities that encourage civic engagement
- Therapists who identify and nurture their patients' strengths
- The teaching of Positive Psychology
- Dissemination of Positive Psychology interventions in organizations & communities
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