Positive psychology is the scientific study of positive experiences and positive individual traits, and the institutions that facilitate their development. A field concerned with well-being and optimal functioning, positive psychology aims to broaden the focus of clinical psychology beyond suffering and its direct alleviation. Our proposed conceptual framework parses happiness into three domain...

in today’s competitive world, psychological capital and work activities are considered as a key factor to suc cess and survival for organizations. so far, the literature has recognized various items that affect work activi ties in organizations. the study analyzes how psychological capital predicts work activities both directly and through the mediating role of innovation, subjective well-being...

In its relatively brief history, positive psychology has used a variety of research method­ ologies to better understand the nature of happiness and the "good life." In the face of scant empirical knowledge of positive emotions (cf. Diener, Suh, Lucas, & Smith, 1999), tightly controlled randomized laboratory studies have begun to establish the causes, cor­ relates, consequences, and basic mecha...

background: positive psychology approach is the manifestation of changes in psychology, from dealing with psychopathological damages to optimizing life quality. happiness, a subset of the positive psychology, is considered to be a positive characteristic and one of human’s psychological needs. during the past decade, happiness has occupied a special place in the field of developmental psycholog...