Personal Experience in Positive Psychology May Offer a New Focus for a Growing Discipline

Autor/in	Riva, Giuseppe
Titel	Personal Experience in Positive Psychology May Offer a New Focus for a Growing Discipline
Quelle	In: American Psychologist, 67 (2012) 7, S.574-575 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-066X
DOI	10.1037/a0029955
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Personality Traits; Psychology; Psychological Needs; Well Being; Clinical Psychology; Cognitive Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Psychologie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Klinische Psychologie; Kognitive Psychologie
Abstract	This article presents comments on the original article by McNulty and Fincham ("American Psychologist," v67 n2 p101-110 Feb-Mar 2012). The authors indicated the need to think beyond positive psychology. In particular, they argued that positive psychology needs "to move beyond labeling psychological traits and processes as positive." In general, the current author agrees with the two authors on the need for a "situated" positive psychology that is able to address the context in which we spend our lives. However, their suggestions have a critical flaw: They do not clearly distinguish between psychology and positive psychology. The current author lists a number of suggestions on ways to overcome this issue with a different approach. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10