5 Key Principles of Positive Psychology

A breakout field, positive psychology has spread rapidly across social and human sciences over the past decade or so, offering a fresh lens to address some of today’s most pressing issues. By challenging traditional psychology, which has focused largely on the negative, positive psychology aims to cultivate flourishing by moving people toward the positive.

You can make a significant impact to happiness and wellbeing by reseting the bias we often hold toward the negative and sparking upward spirals. While positive psychology covers many disciplines and areas, many scholars and practitioners have focused on maximising the benefits of five factors essential to happiness and wellbeing: positive emotions, engagement, meaning, relationships and accomplishment (often known as PERMA). These positive factors, though not the only beneficial ingredients, can be seen as building blocks or drivers that maximise wellbeing and gear people and human systems toward greater flourishing.

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