Positive Psychology

GLOSSARY

An umbrella term for the study of positive emotions, positive character traits, and enabling institutions. The science of positive subjective experience, positive individual traits, and positive institutions.

Reference:
Russell, J. A., & Barrett, L. F. (1999). Core affect, prototypical emotional episodes, and other things called emotion: dissecting the elephant. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76(5), 805-819. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.5.805