New Website Uses Scientific Testing to Increase Happiness Through 'Positive Psychology'

New Website Uses Scientific Testing to Increase Happiness Through 'Positive Psychology'

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Can science increase happiness? Well, a professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and author of 21 books on motivation and personality thinks so. Martin Seligman, Ph.D., the father of Positive Psychology and best-selling author, has developed a series of scientifically tested exercises designed to increase happiness. Time Magazine, in its January 17, 2005 issue, hails Dr. Seligman's work as an important breakthrough in the effort to improve emotional well-being.

According to Dr. Seligman, "Advances in Positive Psychology have helped hundreds of thousands of people measure, improve, and sustain their happiness."

Dr. Seligman believes that through sophisticated technologies and innovative online educational techniques, many more people can be helped. "My goal is to develop a large, nurturing community that will produce more positive emotion, more engagement, and more meaning in the lives of its members," he said.

Dr. Seligman, in collaboration with Reflective Learning, has launched a new website http://www.reflectivehappiness.com/ to achieve his ambitious goal. This website provides unprecedented direct and inexpensive access to the leaders and to the new developments in the field of Positive Psychology. The Reflective Happiness website provides activities and services designed to increase happiness and reduce depression. Individuals can subscribe to these services that include:

-- Happiness Building Programs
-- Questions and Answers with Dr. Seligman
-- Reflective Happiness Newsletters
-- A Positive Psychology Book Club
-- A Reflective Happiness Community Forum



Individuals can also go to http://www.reflectivehappiness.com/ and take free tests that will measure their current happiness, optimism, depression symptoms, and other personal qualities.

About Martin Seligman, Ph.D.

Martin E.P. Seligman is the father of positive psychology. For forty years he has worked on the science of optimism, learned helplessness, and depression. He is currently Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Positive Psychology Center. He was formerly President of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association, and in 1997 was elected President of the American Psychological Association by the largest vote in modern history. Dr. Seligman has written twenty-one books and 200 articles on motivation and personality. Among his better-known are the best- selling "Authentic Happiness" (Free Press, 2002), "Learned Optimism" (Knopf, 1991), "What You Can Change & What You Can't" (Knopf, 1993), and "The Optimistic Child" (Houghton Mifflin, 1995). His most recent book is "Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification," co-authored with Christopher Peterson (Oxford, 2004). His books have been translated into twenty languages and have been best-sellers both in America and abroad.

About Reflective Learning

Reflective Learning empowers people to take control of life's challenges by building skills that foster breakthrough thinking. Through its technology- enhanced experiential learning style, Reflective Learning develops and implements innovative learning solutions that improve participants' effectiveness and quality of life on both a personal and professional level. For more information, please visit the web site http://www.reflectivelearning.com/.


Source: Reflective Learning

CONTACT: Vince Powers, +1-215-568-2525, or mobile: +1-610-937-1960, for
Reflective Learning

Web site: http://www.reflectivehappiness.com/
http://www.reflectivelearning.com/


-------
Profile: intent