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Third wave positive psychology: broadening towards complexity
Abstract
The development of academic fields is often described through the metaphor of ‘waves.’ Following the instantiation of positive psychology (the first wave), scholarship emerged looking critically at the notions of positive and negative, becoming known as its second wave. More recently, we discern an equally significant evolution, namely scholarship that in various ways goes beyond the individual and embraces greater complexity. This includes going beyond the individual person as the primary focus of enquiry to look more deeply at the groups and systems in which people are embedded. It also involves becoming more interdisciplinary and multicultural, and embracing a wider range of methodologies. We submit that these interrelated ripples constitute a form of epistemological ‘broadening’ that merit the label of an incoming ‘third wave.’ This paper identifies the key dynamics of this wave, allowing appreciation not only of the field’s leading edge, but also its developmental potential into the future.
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- Authors
- Lomas, T., Waters, L., Williams, P., Oades, L. G., & Kern, M. L.
- Venue
- The Journal of Positive Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2020-08-10
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 660-674
- ISSN
- 1743-9760 (ISSN-L)
- 1743-9779
- OpenAlex
- W3048566237
- Cited by
- 380
- References
- 116
- FWCI
- 38.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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