The ultimate goal of positive psychology is to make people happier by understanding and building positive emotion, gratification and meaning. Towards this end, we must supplement what we know about treating illness and repairing damage with knowledge about nurturing well-being in individuals and communities. Artikkel av Martin E. P. Seligman, Acacia C. Parks and Tracy Steen

Salutogen kommunikasjon hjelper "problembarn" Artikkel av Tommy Waad og Stefan Hult

Positive psychology has flourished in the last 5 years. The authors review recent developments in the field, including books, meetings, courses, and conferences. They also discuss the newly created classification of character strengths and virtues, a positive complement to the various editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (e. g., American Psychiatric Association, 1994), and present some cross-cultural findings that suggest a surprising ubiquity of strengths and virtues. Artikkel av M Seligman m fl 2005

I dette mylderet av gode råd og betegnelser har den norske psykologen Lisbeth Brudal ommet med et nytt begrep, begrepet speilforeldre. I sin bok ”Positiv psykologi” tar hun frem tre trekk ved foreldre som er speilende overfor sine barn; de lytter til barnet sitt istedenfor å korrigere, de er nysgjerrige heller enn oppdragende, og de forteller selv mer enn de spør. Bokanmeldelse av psykolog Wenche Mobråten

I want to bring to your attention a paradox about psychotherapy: We have strong evidence that psychotherapy works, but when active treatments are compared specific effects are hard to find.