Only in recent years (emerging in the 1950s and resurfacing in the early 2000s) have researchers focused on the value of play and playfulness ...
Meta-analyses indicate the efficacy of positive psychology interventions in promoting well-being....
This paper describes a broad study of the peer-reviewed literature linked to the positive psychology movement (Donaldsen et al, 2015)....
The internet seems promising for delivering interventions to enhance well-being in a normal population....
Research on positive psychology interventions (PPIs) has established the value of activities such as acts of kindness, gratitude, and savoring...
In spite of the experiential advantage people consume material items in the pursuit of happiness....
Giving too much emphasis to extrinsic values and too little emphasis to intrinsic values is known to depress well-being....
There is growing support that money spent on experiential items increases an individual’s happiness....
Jack of all trades, master of none seems apropos to character strengths....
Major theories informing conceptions of psychological well-being draw heavily from Western-centric perspectives, which often neglect culturall...
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