by admin | Feb 27, 2010 | Topics
Nancy Luksch ‘Instead of a naïve scientist entering the environment in search of the truth, we find the rather unflattering picture of a charlatan trying to make the data come out in a manner most advantageous to his or her already-held theories’ Fiske & Taylor,...
by Warren Davies | Feb 16, 2010 | Topics
The relationship between income and well-being has long been an area of interest to thinkers and philosophers, from Epicurus who believed that wealth and joy were not compatible, to modern economists, who often see income and consumption as being synonymous with...
by Oscar Kjell | Feb 16, 2010 | Topics
In two extensive meta-analyses it was concluded from both experimental and longitudinal studies that positive emotions not only derive from, but also precede enhanced success and physical and mental health (Lyubomirsky, King, & Diener, 2005; Pressman & Cohen,...
by Sara Hirschorn | Feb 13, 2010 | Topics
The fundamental premise of positive psychology is that personal fulfillment is constituted by more than the absence of problems and deficit. Although particular definitions of both happiness and good character may be subjective, their importance to personal and...
by admin | Jan 16, 2010 | Topics
Clive Nayler The commonly endorsed assumption is that people need to feel good about themselves (Brown, 1998 as cited in Heine et al., 1999) and seek to enhance and maintain their positive self-view (Pyszczynski et al., 2004). Self-esteem is “a good opinion of oneself...
by admin | Jan 16, 2010 | Topics
Clive Nayler This article looks to provide an insight into the plethora of research literature, measures and definitions available in the field of self-esteem. Its origins, from both a theoretical and contemporary perspective, are assessed before reviewing the three...