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POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND POSITIVE ORIENTATION
Exercise and Quality of Life, 2010 Positive psychology represents a 21st century movement in psychology. It is a psychology aimed at researching optimal human functioning that empirically studies, first and foremost, the concept of happiness, in addition to life satisfaction, optimism ...
Vesna Petrović
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Positive psychology techniques: gratitude [PDF]
, 2016 This article builds on a descriptive paper on positive psychology coaching and several previous techniques papers. This paper explores the application of gratitude, and its associated benefits, as a part of positive psychology coaching ...
Oades, L. G., Passmore, Jonathan
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Review of optimism, creativity and spirituality in tourism research [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose - Optimism, creativity, and spirituality are important variables in Positive Psychology that can lead to better lives. The authors believe these are also fundamental concepts that can bring a new understanding of the tourism experiences ...
Garces, Soraia +2 more
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Well-Being as a Cognitive Load Reducing Agent: A Review of the Literature
Frontiers in Education, 2019 Cognitive Load Theory is an evolutionary based theory of learning centered upon the cognitive architecture of the brain, which outlines a series of empirically based instructional effects that ensure efficient and effective learning.
Benjamin. S. Hawthorne +2 more
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Undergraduates as researchers –the impact of active participation in research and conference presentation on psychology undergraduate identity and career aspirations [PDF]
, 2018 Although research-led teaching has been identified as an important part of psychology curricula in the United Kingdom, less is known about the impact of undergraduate research collaborations with academics, culminating in a conference presentation. The
Davidson, Janis McIntyre, Lyons, Minna
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Life goals or aspirations can be distinguished as intrinsic or extrinsic, with different implications for well-being. In this study we used network analysis to reexamine this intrinsic-extrinsic distinction, illustrating how novel candidate aspirations ...
Frank Martela +4 more
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In pursuit of the subject of happiness : a genealogy : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Psychology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand / [PDF]
, 2005 This study is a Foucauldian genealogy of the truth and knowledge produced by the Science of Happiness, which is part of the Positive Psychology movement; this is a an historical analytic of the scientific truths and knowledges of the present ...
Beckett, Christine
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Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionPersonal wellbeing is a multidimensional construct encompassing emotional, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects. To capture this complexity, we introduce the Personal Wellbeing Spectrum Theory, which organizes these dimensions into ...
Attila Oláh +4 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2019 Background Innovative health promotion strategies are needed to improve access to HIV testing among regional people in Australia, particularly for men who have sex with men (MSM). This project aimed to establish proof of concept for point-of-care-testing
Amy B. Mullens +5 more
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The promise and perils of positive psychology in legal education [PDF]
, 2016 This paper introduces positive psychology in general and Positive Psychology in particular, and argues that legal education may benefit from utilisation of positive psychology.
Ferris, G
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