Editorial: positive psychology in everyday life

Pocinho, Margarida; Garcês, Soraia; Popa, Daniela

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Editorial: positive psychology in everyday life

2022-08Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Pocinho, Margarida
dc.contributor.author	Garcês, Soraia
dc.contributor.author	Popa, Daniela
dc.date.accessioned	2022-12-13T14:19:51Z
dc.date.available	2022-12-13T14:19:51Z
dc.date.issued	2022-08
dc.description.abstract	Positive Psychology has been established as a major-based-evidence field of knowledge that aims to understand how people can improve their lives, and ultimately, flourish. Studies have been conducted since Seligman (2016) and Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi (2014) spearheaded this movement of looking for the positive aspects of life rather than focusing on the negatives. However, although the focus of studies in the area of positive psychology is on “cultivating positive feelings, behaviors, or cognitions” (Sin and Lyubomirsky, 2009, p. 468), we wonder whether beliefs about improved wellbeing in response to positive psychology interventions do not bias the way we conduct research in this field. Recent studies show that moderators may exist in such situations from both the characteristics of the activities designed in the interventions and those of the research participants. Current research has shown that participation in activities aimed at improving wellbeing positively biases the beliefs of people in the sample (Gander et al., 2022). It is therefore more than likely that respondents will respond positively to tasks in research designs, anticipating their beneficial purpose, engage in behaviors they would not ordinarily engage in, and self-evaluate themselves as more effective than they actually are.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.doi	10.3389/fpsyg.2022.913569	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	1664-1078
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/18634
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Frontiers Media SA	pt_PT
dc.relation	Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Wellbeing	pt_PT
dc.subject	Quality of life	pt_PT
dc.subject	Positive education	pt_PT
dc.subject	Multiculturalism	pt_PT
dc.subject	Tourism	pt_PT
dc.subject	Special needs	pt_PT
dc.subject	Sport and arts	pt_PT
dc.subject	Positive work environment	pt_PT
dc.title	Editorial: positive psychology in everyday life	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.title	Frontiers in Psychology	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	13	pt_PT
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