La Psicología Positiva: Investigación y aplicaciones

• Autores: Nansook Park, Christopher Peterson, Jennifer M. Suh
• Localización: Terapia psicológica, ISSN 0718-4808, ISSN-e 0716-6184, Vol. 31, Nº. 1, 2013, págs. 11-19
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.4067/S0718-48082013000100002
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Positive Psychology: Research and practice
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  • español

    Construir y mantener una buena vida son objetivos compartidos por todos los individuos y sociedades. La buena vida es feliz, saludable, productiva y con significado, e implica más que la mera ausencia de enfermedades, trastornos y problemas. Los enfoques tradicionales de la psicología se centran principalmente en identificar y reducir los problemas. Esos enfoques son útiles hasta cierto punto, pero muestran limitaciones al abordar la cuestión de cómo construir y mantener una buena vida, lo cual requiere capacidades y condiciones adicionales. Resulta por tanto necesario un nuevo tipo de ciencia y práctica que amplíe y complemente los enfoques centrados en los problemas y el nuevo campo de la psicología positiva tiene el potencial para cubrir esta necesidad. En este artículo, ofrecemos una descripción de la psicología positiva, sus conceptos principales, los resultados de las investigaciones actuales y las implicaciones prácticas para la construcción de una buena vida.

  • English

    Building and sustaining a good life are goals shared by all individuals and societies. The good life is happy, healthy, productive and meaningful, and it entails more than the mere absence of disease, disorder, and problems. Traditional approaches in psychology largely focus on identifying problems and reducing them. What is needed is a new kind of science and practice that expands and complements existing problem-focused approaches. The new field of positive psychology has the potential to fill this need. In this article, we provide an overview of positive psychology, its main concepts, current research findings, and practical implications for building a good life.

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