Positive Psychology

Positive psychology

Study of what makes life meaningful and fulfilling

Character strengths

Good traits in personality (like kindness, honesty)

PERMA

5 elements of happiness by Martin Seligman

• P (Positive emotion) – Feeling joy, love, or gratitude.

• E (Engagement) – Being fully absorbed in fun or meaningful activities.

• R (Relationships) – Building strong, supportive connections.

• M (Meaning) – Living with purpose and helping something bigger.

• A (Accomplishments) – Reaching goals and growing through effort.

Gratitude

Feeling thankful for what you have or receive

• Tangible gratitude – Thankfulness for things like gifts or money.

• Intangible gratitude – Thankfulness for kind words or gestures.

Positive subjective experiences

Good inner feelings like love, peace, and joy

Signature strengths

Your top personal strengths that come naturally to you

Virtues

Core moral values (like kindness, fairness)

Positive objective experiences

Good external events that happen to us

Happiness

A lasting sense of joy and contentment

Subjective well-being

How people feel about their own lives

Categories of virtues

• Wisdom (thinking),

• Courage (bravery),

• Humanity (love/kindness),

• Justice (fairness),

• Temperance (self-control),

• Transcendence (meaning/spirituality)

Posttraumatic growth

Positive changes after going through tough times