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5.2 Positive Psychology

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Positive psychology seeks to identify factors that lead to well-being, resilience, positive emotions, and psychological health. Founded by Martin Seligman, positive psychology was a deliberate reorientation of the field toward what makes life good rather than only what makes it bad.

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