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“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” —Ruth Bader Ginsburg “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”
Some researchers, including the "positive psychologist," Martin Seligman, frame positive thinking as an explanatory style. An explanatory style is how you explain why events happened.
Affirmations in New Thought and New Age terminology refer primarily to the practice of positive thinking and self-empowerment—fostering a belief that "a positive mental attitude supported by affirmations will achieve success in anything."
Positive mental attitude (PMA) is a concept first introduced in 1937 by Napoleon Hill in the book Think and Grow Rich. The book never actually uses the term, but discusses the importance of positive thinking as a contributing factor of success. [ 1 ]
New Thought, a new religious movement that coalesced in the United States in the early 19th century; Optimism, an attitude reflecting a belief or hope that the outcome of some specific endeavor, or outcomes in general, will be positive, favorable, and desirable
Ways of doing this include cognitive reappraisal (interpreting a situation in positive terms) and expressive suppression (masking signs of inner emotional states). [1] The extended process model of emotion regulation outlines several stages: identifying the need to regulate, selecting appropriate strategies, implementing those strategies and ...
Positive emotions: These include contentment with the past, happiness with the present, and hope for the future. [46] [47] [48] Positive individual traits: These are strengths and virtues that define individuals. [49] Positive institutions: Institutions that promote well-being and foster a sense of community. [47] [clarification needed] [40]
Self-affirmation theory is a psychological theory that focuses on how individuals adapt to information or experiences that are threatening to their self-concept. Claude Steele originally popularized self-affirmation theory in the late 1980s, [1] [2] and it remains a well-studied theory in social psychological research.