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  2. Martin Seligman - Wikipedia

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    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 psychologists. [2] A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Seligman as the 31st most cited psychologist of the 20th century. [3]

  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. Positive psychological capital - Wikipedia

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    Positive psychology, the study of optimal human functioning, is an attempt to respond to the systematic bias inherent in psychology's historical emphasis on mental illness rather than on mental wellness (Seligman, 2002), mainly by focusing on two, forgotten but classical psychological goals:

  5. Well-being contributing factors - Wikipedia

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    Central theories are Diener's tripartite model of subjective well-being, Ryff's Six-factor Model of Psychological Well-being, Corey Keyes' work on flourishing, and Seligman's contributions to positive psychology and his theories on authentic happiness and P.E.R.M.A.

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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.

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  9. Values in Action Inventory of Strengths - Wikipedia

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    The correlations between specific strengths and happiness outcomes were consistent as well. [11] The strengths of zest, curiosity, gratitude, and hope were significantly positively correlated with subjective measures of happiness for both populations. Differences between the young adults in Japan and the U.S. emerged as well. [11]