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Positive psychology

a person's most characteristic character strengths, whose use in new ways was tested as a way to increase happiness.

In positive psychology, signature strengths refers to a person's most characteristic character strengths, whose use in new ways was tested as a way to increase happiness. This meaning comes from Seligman (2005) in American Psychologist.[1]

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Seligman, M. E. P., Steen, T. A., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2005). Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions. American Psychologist, 60(5), 410-421. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.60.5.410

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