Flourish: a visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being

“Seligman (2011) posits that a state of flourishment can be attained by working for something that transcends oneself.”

“Research supports active engagement in the pursuit of well-being, as well as meaningful relationships, celebration of achievements, and the cultivation of gratitude and positive emotions (Seligman 2011).”

“Several researchers suggest that digital games can support the practice of breathing exercises to improve wellbeing of players [19, 26, 39, 53, 60].”

“The philosopher most consistently cited in the writings of positive psychologists is Aristotle (Kesebir & Diener, 2008; Ryan & Deci, 2001; Ryff & Singer, 2008; Seligman, 2011; Waterman, 1990).”

“…life: P–positive emotions (e.g. joy, appreciation, comfort, inspiration, hope or curiosity), E–engagement (understood as a state of flow), R–relationships (beingwith people, working together), M–meaning (a sense of meaningful action), A–achievements (satisfactory work outcomes) (Seligman, 2011).”

“Seligman (2011) argued that PERMA is not as a theory of wellbeing but should rather be considered as framework for wellbeing (Seligman, 2008).”

“Beginning in his bestselling book Authentic Happiness (2002), Seligman (2011) began asserting that “it is the absence of emotion, of any kind of consciousness, that is at the heart of flow.””

“This component might be closest to the experience of positive emotions (cf. Fredrickson 1998, 2001; Seligman 2011).”

“(Seligman, 2011, p. 224) A more realistic view of the good life can be found in the following quotes from another influential positive psychologist, Robert Emmons, who wrote at about the same time as Seligman’s launch of positive psychology: The good life is not one that is achieved through…”

“Feeling valued by others and having close, mutually satisfying relationships is another key indicator of well-being (Ryan and Deci 2000; Seligman 2011).”

“The flourishing definition encompasses purpose in life, self-esteem, positive relationships, competence, engagement, optimism, and contribution toward the well-being of others [63,64].”

“According to Seligman (2011) subjective well-being is a multidimensional construct and consists of positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning, and accomplishments or achievements.”

“Empirical research and analysis require the development of standard definitions, operationalized variables that can be measured, and an understanding of the implications of using such definitions and metrics.(15,17,19,143,144) Hypothesis testing of the determinants and impacts of well-being, based on operationalizatio…”

“…but it is also desirable for its association with positive states such as mental health, physical health, and meaningful relationships (Andrews & Withey, 1976; Campbell et al., 1976; Buettner, 2008, 2010; Nieboer, Lindenberg, Boomsma, & Van Bruggen, 2005; Pavot & Diener, 2008; Seligman, 2011).”

“The fun in games arises from the mastery and comprehension of the player, resulting in satisfaction and promoting a sense of well-being (Koster, 2013; McGonigal, 2011; Seligman, 2012).”

“The emotion of happiness has a well-known contagion effect (Seligman, 2013) and past research has shown that the emotional contagion process does indeed link teacher and student happiness in the classroom (Dresel & Hall, 2013; Frenzel & Stephens, 2013), though the topic as it relates to the foreign…”

“1 3 scientific approach for studying positive human experiences, and its popularity has generated much interest in the scientific community (Mongrain and Anselmo-Matthews 2012; Seligman 2012; Seligman et al. 2005).”

“Mental wellbeing is a multidimensional construct, which includes an array of dimensions, including positive emotions, engagement in meaningful activities, purpose in life, sense of accomplishment, and interpersonal relationships [15].”

“As the PERMA taxonomy (Seligman, 2011) and its corresponding measure (Butler & Kern, 2016) have only recently been developed, no research to our knowledge has examined its personality correlates.”

“…referred to as a new “science of virtue” (Fowers et al., 2021), has been encouraged by the advent of positive psychology in general and, in particular, its research into universal character strengths, virtues, and the flourishing life (McGrath, 2019; Peterson & Seligman, 2004; Seligman, 2011).”

“…long-term mental well-being and flourishing, a comprehensive intervention based on a positive framework is deemed necessary, simultaneously targeting multiple well-being components such as positive emotions, optimism and positive relations (Huta and Ryan, 2009; Kobau et al., 2011; Seligman, 2011).”

“…permeate and legitimate the new era of the flourishing pupil are (a) the idea of objective human flourishing as the ultimate goal of all education (Seligman 2011), (b) anti-instrumentalism, according to which certain human qualities (especially the virtues) are considered intrinsically…”

“In contrast to the notion that it is somehow rarer than, say, the happy life (Seligman, 2012), the meaningful life appears to exist all around us.”

“…and reveal more job performance, increases their job satisfaction and vocational initiatives and decreases their absenteeism, intention to quit and level of burnout (Donalson, 2000; Waitayangkook, 2003; Kheirandish, 2009; Seligman, 2011), thereby creating an effective and efficient organization.”

“As positive psychology has evolved, meaning has become more important, whereas creativity is less of a central tenet (Seligman, 2012).”

“The PERMA Profiler—in the book Flourish (2011), Seligman defined well-being in terms of five pillars: Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment, or PERMA [36].”

“Research into employee well-being with regard to human resource management utilises the five-element PERMA model, in which P is positive emotion, E is engagement, R is positive relationships, M is meaning, and A is accomplishments/achievements [21].”

“) and flourishing rather than fixating on negative attributes (Seligman, 2011).”

“, & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and”

“…et al., 2015; Alexan-drova, 2005; Bibri & Krogstie, 2017a; Diener et al., 2003; Echebarria et al., 2021; Glatzer, 2000; International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 2014; Kullenberg & Nelhans, 2015; Ministry of Land & transport of Korea, 2020; Seligman, 2012; Suikkanen, 2011; United Nations, 2016).”

“In his book, “Flourishing”, Seligman (2011) explicitly states that “…the topic of positive psychology is well-being, that the gold standard for measuring well-being is flourishing, Frontiers in Psychology | www.frontiersin.org 3 August 2020 | Volume 11 | Article 2142 and that the goal of positive…”

“…and low stress state could be indicative of depression (sadness and apathy), whereas a high happiness high stress state could actually represent greater underlying wellbeing than a non-stressed state, given the contribution of personal achievement and engagement with work to overall wellbeing [4].”

“Seligman (2011) defines flourishing in terms of the presence of five elements (abbreviated as PERMA): (1) the presence of positive emotion such as happiness and life satisfaction; (2) engagement in activities and tasks that help us reach a state of flow (Nakamura and Csikszentmihalyi, 2009); (3)…”

“In humans, flourishing is a composite concept that typically includes positive emotions, life satisfaction or happiness, engagement, meaning and purpose or a sense of achievement, fulfilling and supportive social relationships and resilience [20,21].”

“One might expect more experiences with these elements given both that social integration and connectedness are important components in many psychological frameworks of well-being and positive human functioning (Ryff, 1989; Seligman, 2012; Venter, 2017), and that there is a movement in several domains to use technology…”

“Whilst Seligman (2011) espoused that each domain can be pursued in isolation, the conceptual interrelationship amongst the domains provides a crucial aspect of well-being.”

“Considering flourishing as a psychosocial form of well-being (Diener et al., 2010; Keyes, 2002; Seligman, 2011) and its negative relation with maladaptive variables (e.g. depression), the emerging findings between fear of happiness, as a maladaptive variable, and flourishing is in the expected…”

“Ryff (1995), Seligman (2011), and Diener et al. (2009) demonstrated the importance of positive relationships for different well-being concepts.”

“Learning to value and to attain flourishing must start early—in the formative years of schooling—and it is this new prosperity, kindled by positive education, that the world can now choose’ (Seligman 2011, p. 97).”

“A sense of meaning or meaningfulness relates to the feeling of belonging and contributing to the common good, and has been found to be a key source of happiness and well-being (Seligman 2012).”

“The relationship of these constructs to wellbeing varies according to different models, although mindfulness remains a core component (Lyubomirsky, 2007; Seligman, 2011).”

“Further, the related constructs across fields, such as thriving (Seligman, 2011) in positive psychology and quality of life (Schalock, Gardner, & Bradley, 2007) and self-determination (Shogren, Wehmeyer, Palmer, Forber-Pratt, et al., 2015) in intellectual and developmental disabilities, need to be…”

“…theory in positive psychology, which proposes positive relationships as an important predictor for well-being in addition to positive emotion, engagement, having meaning or purpose in the world and accomplishment (Diener, Oishi, et al., 2018; Diener, Seligman, Choi, & Oishi, 2018; Seligman, 2012).”

“Recently, many researchers have called for more active dissemination of empirically supported well-being interventions via traditional channels, such as books and workshops, as well as novel technologies, such as web and mobile applications (e.g., Schueller & Parks, 2014; Seligman, 2012).”

“Such is its theoretical and empirical importance that many have argued that MIL should be considered a fundamental component of wellbeing or flourishing (e.g., Diener et al., 2010; Ryff, 1989; Seligman, 2011; Steger et al., 2013).”

“As Seligman (2011) argues, while subjective ratings are commonly interpreted as evaluations of affect or mood, questions such as ‘How satisfied are you with your life’ involve a large portion of transient mood, but also a much smaller portion as evaluation (Diener, Kahneman, Arora, Harter &…”

“The PERMA Profiler (Butler & Kern, 2016) is a general assessment which determines wellbeing, defined as comprising five different components: positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment (Seligman, 2011).”

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“Firstly, PP 2.0 is based on integrating the existential tradition of suffering (Frankl 1985) and positive psychology of wellbeing and flourishing (Seligman 2011); thus, it is better equipped to address issues of existential suffering during COVID-19.”

“Psychological models like PERMA [174] and security frameworks like the Information Assurance (IA) model [104] are also used.”

“There is some general consensus across various conceptual models of flourishing that have been proposed (Diener et al., 2010; Huppert and So, 2013; Keyes, 2002; Seligman, 2012; VanderWeele, 2017a).”

“Seligman (2011) broadens this discussion by suggesting that psychological well-being possesses a multidimensional structure.”

“can be developed to facilitate personal strengths and psychological resources in order to improve functioning and well-being of the general population (Seligman, 2011; Sergeant & Mongrain, 2011).”

“…the well-being area and the emergence of the theories of the orientation of happiness (Anić & Tončić, 2013) and authentic happiness (Filep, 2014), Seligman (2011) proposed a third element, called “engagement,” which has been added to the concept of individual happiness in a new approach to…”

“Engagement is also one of the pivotal occupations and cornerstones of positive psychology (PP), constituting the E construct of PERMA framework to promote individual wellbeing (Seligman, 2011).”

“Positive psychology’s goal is to build human flourishing, which results from the experience of positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning, and accomplishments (Seligman, 2011).”

“…STRENGTHS IN FRIENDSHIPS 3 Good character is what we look for in a friend: Character strengths are related to peer acceptance and friendship quality in early adolescents Introduction Having well-functioning and fulfilling relationships is seen as an indicator of flourishing (e.g., Seligman, 2011).”

“Angell (2014) suggests that thinking about resilience can be traced back at least to Freud and his successors in their thinking about adaptation to stress; and it is the case that there are many overlaps with ideas such as existential psychology and ‘will to meaning’ (Frankl 1959), hardiness (Kobasa 1982), post-trauma…”

“After noting the limitations of the existing measurement instruments, several authors studying flourishing have tried to identify its underlying dimensions (Diener et al., 2010; Huppert & So, 2013; Keyes, 2002; Seligman, 2011).”