PSY 381: Positive Psychology

This research guide serves as a starting point for students in PSY 381 Positive Psychology. It is not intended to be comprehensive, but contains information on selected resources in the NSU Library, as well as links to materials that are available elsewhere. The guide provides information on both print and electronic resources. 

If you can't find exactly what you are looking for or need assistance focusing your topic, please contact a reference librarian or stop by the Information Desk on the first floor of the library for more help.

If you need help with writing your assignment and editing assistance, please visit the NSU Writing Center, which is conveniently located on the first floor of the library. 

a field of psychological theory and research that focuses on the psychological states (e.g., contentment, joy), individual traits or character strengths (e.g., intimacy, integrity, altruism, wisdom), and social institutions that enhance subjective well-being and make life most worth living. A manual, Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification, serves this perspective in a manner parallel to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for the categorization of mental illness. [term coined by Abraham Maslow and adapted by U.S. psychologist Martin E. P. Seligman (1942–  )]

-APA Dictionary of Psychology

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