A meta-analysis of 55 independent studies published in Personality and Social Psychology Review finds that religious devotion has a positive correlation to racist sentiment. John Shook is not surprised: Let's read that conclusion ag...

"Positive psychology" research indicates that the kinder you are, the more likely you are to survive -- and evolve.

"Positive psychology" research indicates that the kinder you are, the more likely you are to survive -- and evolve.

I’m Not Talking about Lacing the DecafI’ll be honest. As a therapist, I’m not a huge fan of what some aspects of the “positive psychology” movement have become - more on that in a bit. Martin Seligman, a psychologist who teaches at ...

My good buddy Robert Biswas-Diener, AKA the Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology, tells this story in an article on cnn.com, that fits in perfectly with my post from yesterday about the rules of productivity of knowledge workers: Ma...

Get engaged. From positive psychology on empowerment at work to a 5 second tea break and from accountability muscle to inclusion, flexibility, and creativity to turn workplaces around. Also, a field guide to change agents and how we...

Writer Ariel Gore was dismayed by what she viewed as overly narrow conclusions about women's happiness from studies in the growing field of Positive Psychology—were women truly happiest when scrubbing floors and baking cookies, as s...

The fashion is to bemoan happiness books and positive psychology as the work of morons.

Recently the Department of Defense decided to introduce Positive Psychology to our active military in Iraq and Afghanistan, in hopes of reducing the incidence of...

I became interested in the discipline of Positive Psychology during my Psychology Degree, although it wasn’t touched on a lot in the curriculum it strongly grabbed my interest and I have read a lot about it since and try to stay up ...

Sponsored post: Positive psychology self-study courses available at Intentional Happiness. How can you live a happier life? How can you discover your strengths and build on them? What is the case for hope and optimism? Dr. Robert Bi...

 New research raises doubts.   ...

Julie and Julia is a movie about a high functioning woman, Julie, who is beginning to struggle with life. Although she is interpersonally content, self-sufficient and relatively upbeat, she is inching toward depression and despair. ...

Last week, Barbara Ehrenreich appear on Democracy Now! to discuss her new book, Bright Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America.  The positive psychology movement, spearheaded by Martin Seligma...

On September 30 Wiley-Blackwell announced the winner of their inaugural Wiley Prize in Psychology — Professor Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Positive Psychology Center. While his career contrib...

Kids' Turn (KT,) a San Francisco-based non-profit organization announced results of a landmark study by Dr. Jeffrey Cookson, Department of Psychology at San Francisco State University. In the study, conducted over four years, Dr.

September 25: Plus the latest research on positive psychology

According to the background information provided, Live Happy is a positive psychology iPhone app based on the happiness research of psychology professor and author of The How of Happiness, Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky. The app includes per...

What is Positive Psychology?Positive Psychology has been around for more than a decade now, and by now it is a well established and a mature stream in psychology with its own publications, methodologies, conferences, and well-known ...

In recent years there has been an explosion of research on happiness, optimism, positive emotions and healthy character traits. While psychology has traditionally concerned itself with what ails the human mind--such as anxiety, dep...