Special Issue on Positive Psychology
Positive psychology is a recent branch of psychology whose purpose was summed up in 1998 by Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: "We believe that a psychology of positive human functioning will arise, which achieves a scientific understanding and effective interventions to build thriving individuals, families, and commun-ities." Positive psychologists seek "to find and nurture genius and talent", and "to make normal life more fulfilling", not simply to treat mental illness. The field is intended to complement, not to replace traditional psychology. It does not seek to deny the importance of studying how things go wrong, but rather to emphasize the importance of using the scientific method to determine how things go right.
Researchers in the field analyze things like states of pleasure or flow, values, strengths, virtues, talents, as well as the ways that they can be promoted by social systems and institutions. Positive psychologists are concerned with four topics:
(1) positive experiences, (2) enduring psychological traits, (3) positive relationships and (4) positive institutions.
In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on exploring Positive Psychology.
Authors should read over the journal’s Author Guidelines carefully before submission, Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Paper Submission System.
Please kindly notice that the “Special Issue’’ under your manuscript title is supposed to be specified and the research field “Special Issue-Positive Psychology” should be chosen during your submission.
According to the following timetable:
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Manuscript Due
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30th September, 2012
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Publication Date
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November, 2012
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For further questions or inquiries
Please contact Editorial Assistant at
psych@scirp.org