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Brief History of Positive Psychology (Part 2)

Brief History of Positive Psychology (Part 2)

Continued From Part 1... But Wait, There is Good News Remember, Csikszentmihalyi found that teenagers can be unhappy and can see life through their suffering, but he also found an interesting exception ...
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/ / Character Strengths, Flow, Optimism, Positive Psychology, Resilience, Well-Being
Well-Being and the Five 'Happy' Lives

Well-Being and the Five ‘Happy’ Lives

Well-Being and The PERMA Model Seligman (2011) argues that well-being is enhanced through thriving in one or more pillars of well-being. His model, often referred to as the PERMA Model, consists of ...
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/ / Accomplishment, Happiness, Meaning, PERMA, Positive Emotions, Positive Psychology, Relationships, Well-Being
Brief History of Positive Psychology (Part 1)

Brief History of Positive Psychology (Part 1)

It Didn't Start Off Very Positive I could not think of a better or more ironic way to start a paper on the history of positive psychology than with a quote on ...
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/ / Happiness, Positive Psychology
What I Learned Writing About 1,000+ Psychology Studies

What I Learned Writing About 1,000+ Psychology Studies

If you go to get a doctoral degree in psychology, you spend five years reading a bunch of psychology studies. Or so I'm told. I've never gotten a psychology doctorate. But I ...
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/ / General Psychology, Research
Awareness and Sympathy May Be Key Components of Guilt for Children

Awareness and Sympathy May Be Key Components of Guilt for Children

Guilt is a negative emotion, but it’s a negative emotion that to some extent is good. If no one ever felt guilt, the world would be a scary place indeed! One question ...
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/ / Children, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Guilt
Good Sex and Good Friendships Make People Happier With Being Single

Good Sex and Good Friendships Make People Happier With Being Single

If you’re single, you’re certainly not alone. The US is in the middle of an ongoing shift toward one-person households. As I’ve written about before, single people commonly cite a variety of ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Happiness, Relationships, Sex
Sleep and Resilience Can Form a Virtuous Cycle for Teens

Sleep and Resilience Can Form a Virtuous Cycle for Teens

Resilience, or being able to bounce back from adverse events, is a useful skill to have – if we didn’t already know that, 2020 has certainly driven the point home! Psychologists know ...
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/ / Health Psychology, Positive Psychology, Resilience, Sleep, Teens
Study Identifies Three Types of Low-Risk Drinkers

Study Identifies Three Types of Low-Risk Drinkers

When psychologists investigate people’s patterns of alcohol use, they often look at what happens when alcohol use becomes a problem. They consider questions such as what might predispose people to risky drinking ...
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/ / Alcohol, Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology
The Great Recession's Lasting Mental Health Effects

The Great Recession’s Lasting Mental Health Effects

We’re already into the next recession, but psychologists are still working to understand the mental health implications of the 2008 financial crisis. Previous research has made it clear that the economic fallout ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology
The Shape of a Glass Can Influence How Much You Drink

The Shape of a Glass Can Influence How Much You Drink

It’s not necessarily logical that how much food or drink you consume should depend on what dish the food or drink is served in, but people’s dietary habits aren’t always logical. In ...
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/ / Alcohol, Behavioral Psychology