Published 2011-06-12
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Artículo de psicología

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: ITS RELATION WITH HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/25394150.1191
Marcela Sánchez Estrada

The positive psychology have had an important development in the last decades and there are efforts since the last century in the psychology field of studying positive aspects, but their development increase since 90’s, that marked the beginning of the study of positive psychology.

At that time the aim it was to change the traditional point of view focused on treatment and cure to health and well-being; the aim has changed and now it points out to optimal human functioning based on virtues, character strengths, conditions and process to identify and develop the factors that contribute to thrive persons and communities. It means no only an individual approach but their study and interventions adapted to community settings.

The principal elements of the positive psychology are virtues, character strengths and situational themes, and they are being related in many studies to health and well-being. The results suggest that they have positive contributions to indicators of health and evaluations of well-being; however there are results in other studies with particular groups that suggest that character
strengths do not have always the positive relationship with well-being.

It is important to consider the context in which the positive aspects are being studied, the balance between positive and negative elements, and enough theoretic knowledge for analyzing the results.

keywords: Character strengths, health, Positive psychology, virtues, well-being
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Sánchez Estrada, M. (2011). POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: ITS RELATION WITH HEALTH AND WELL-BEING: su relación con la salud y el bienestar. Desbordes, 2(1), 39-48. https://doi.org/10.22490/25394150.1191
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