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外文翻译 原文 Positive Psychology Defined Material Source: Journal of psychology and christianity Author: Siang-yang Tan Several years ago, the millennial issue of the American Psychologist focused on the emerging science of positive psychology, referring to the study of positive emotion, positive character, and positive institutions. In that issue, Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi (2000) defined positive psychology thus: The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being,contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present). At the individual level,it is about positive individual traits:the capacity for love and vocation,courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perserverance, forgiveness, originality, future-mindedness,spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance,altruism, civility, moderation, tolerance, and work ethic, (p. 5) Progress of Positive Psychology More recently, also in the American Psychologist, Seligman, Steen, Park, and Peterson (2005) provided a progress report on positive psychology, including some empirical validation of interventions. They noted that in the 5 years since 2000, a number of significant books have been published on positive psychology, such as: The Handbook of Positive Psychology (Snyder Lopez, 2002); Authentic Happiness (Seligman,2002a); A Psychology of Human Strengths: Fundamental Questions and Future Directions for a Positive Psychology (Aspinwall Staudinger,2003); Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well Lived (Keyes Haidt, 2003); Positive Psychological Assessment: A Handbook of Mode and Measures (Lopez Snyder, 2004) covering measures of hope, optimism, self-efficacy, problem-solving, locus of control, creativity, wisdom, courage, positive emotion, sel