Building Human Strength: Psychology’s Forgotten Mission

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Strengths-Based Advising: A New Lens for Higher Education (2005, background): “The current emphasis on a psychology of human strengths evidenced in the positive psychology movement (Aspinwall & Staudinger, 2002; Seligman, 1998; Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000) also provides a theoretical foundation for the strengths-based approach to advising.”
The role of positive psychology constructs in predicting life satisfaction in adolescents with and without cognitive disabilities: An exploratory study (2006, background): “In recent years increased attention has been directed toward positive psychology (Seligman, 1998; Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000) and the need for a fundamental shift in the focus of psychological research.”
Uncovering recovery: The resistible rise of recovery and resilience (2012, background): “By the late 1980s there was a move towards solution-focused therapy (de Shazer, 1988) and, within mainstream psychology, towards positive psychology (Seligman, 1998).”
Developing a Scale to Measure Backpackers’ Personal Development (2014, background): “To Seligman (1998), some qualities of human beings (e.g., courage, honesty, perseverance, optimism, interpersonal skill, work ethic, and hope) can help people withstand many kinds of mental illness.”