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2. Learned optimism - Wikipedia

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   Seligman invites pessimists to learn to be optimists by thinking about their reactions to adversity in a new way. The resulting optimism—one that grew from pessimism—is a learned optimism. The optimist's outlook on failure can thus be summarized as "What happened was an unlucky situation (not personal), and really just a setback (not ...

3. Positive psychology - Wikipedia

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   In Authentic Happiness (2002) Seligman proposed three kinds of a happy life that can be investigated: [30]: 275 [52] Pleasant life : research into the pleasant life, or the "life of enjoyment", examines how people optimally experience, forecast , and savor the positive feelings and emotions that are part of normal and healthy living (e.g ...

4. Psychological Capital Questionnaire - Wikipedia

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   Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ): The original and validated form of the PCQ. It can be used as a self-assessment and a multi-rater assessment, meaning that the assessment considers the target individual's self-assessment alongside the assessments from others who rate the target individual's PsyCap.

5. Martin Seligman - Wikipedia

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   Martin Elias Peter Seligman (/ ˈ s ɛ l ɪ ɡ m ə n /; born August 12, 1942) is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. Seligman is a strong promoter within the scientific community of his theories of well-being and positive psychology. [1] His theory of learned helplessness is popular among scientific and clinical ...

6. Flourishing - Wikipedia

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   Psychologist Martin Seligman, one of the founding fathers of happiness research, wrote in his book, Flourish, a new model for happiness and well-being based on positive psychology. This book expounds on simple exercises that anyone can do to create a happier life and to flourish. [ 11 ]

7. Well-being contributing factors - Wikipedia

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   In a study, of over 6,000 students from 43 nations, to identify mean life satisfaction, on a scale of 1–7, the Chinese ranked lowest at 3.3; and Dutch scored the highest at 5.4. When asked how much subjective well-being was ideal, Chinese ranked lowest at 4.5, and Brazilians highest at 6.2, on a scale of 1–7.

8. Charles Gabriel Seligman - Wikipedia

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   Charles Gabriel Seligman FRS [1] FRAI (né Seligmann; 24 December 1873 – 19 September 1940) was a British physician and ethnologist. His main ethnographic work described the culture of the Vedda people of Sri Lanka and the Shilluk people of the Sudan .

9. Six-factor model of psychological well-being - Wikipedia

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   The "pleasure" orientation describes a path to happiness that is associated with adopting hedonistic life goals to satisfy only one's extrinsic needs. Engagement and meaning orientations describe a pursuit of happiness that integrates two positive psychology constructs "flow/engagement" and "eudaimonia/meaning". Both of the latter orientations ...