Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions

Autor/inn/en	Seligman, Martin E. P.; Steen, Tracy A.; Park, Nansook; Peterson, Christopher
Titel	Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions
Quelle	In: American Psychologist, 60 (2005) 5, S.410-421 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-066X
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Psychological Patterns; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Mental Disorders; Outcomes of Treatment; Cross Cultural Studies; Internet; Classification; Cognitive Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Kognitive Psychologie
Abstract	Positive psychology has flourished in the last 5 years. The authors review recent developments in the field, including books, meetings, courses, and conferences. They also discuss the newly created classification of character strengths and virtues, a positive complement to the various editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (e. g., American Psychiatric Association, 1994), and present some cross-cultural findings that suggest a surprising ubiquity of strengths and virtues. Finally, the authors focus on psychological interventions that increase individual happiness. In a 6-group, random-assignment, placebo-controlled Internet study, the authors tested 5 purported happiness interventions and 1 plausible control exercise. They found that 3 of the interventions lastingly increased happiness and decreased depressive symptoms. Positive interventions can supplement traditional interventions that relieve suffering and may someday be the practical legacy of positive psychology. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10