Application Principles of Positive Psychology

Application Principles of Positive Psychology

• In the Workplace

How ordinary people can stay happier, and the study of happiness is known as positive psychology. Application of positive psychology in the workplace entails how the jobs and job placements affect employee happiness in one way or the other. Martin Seligman’s well-being theory, known as PERMA-theory. It helps to understand the elements that facilitate a state of joy and fulfillment in people when applied in a workplace. The PERMA-theory reflects an acronym that stands for the factors that promote positive psychology in the workplace. The acronym stands for (P) Positive Emotions, (E) Engagement, (R) Relationships, (M) Meaning and the Purpose, and (A) Accomplishments.

1. Positive Emotions

Positive emotions in the workplace entail the perspective of focusing on positive things. According to Gilbert & Kelloway (2014), the workplace needs to be a positive place rather than a negative place. Moreover, people thrive when they are happier, brighter moods help to set higher goals, and as a result, people experience less stress and better team cooperation and problem-solving. A gratitude mindset helps to attain happiness in the workplace. Organizations apprehend the use of appreciation for their employers to create happiness. The cultures of gratitude in the workplace help to reduce stress.

1. Engagement

Engagement implies how interested people are with the activities they are. Employers should be concerned with their work, not just doing it for the sake of being involved in any task. The highly engaged employee in the workplace fell engaged, enthusiastic, and fully immersed in their duties. Higher levels of happiness and low levels of depression in a workplace by using our strengths in new and innovative ways.

1. Relationships

Work relationships fuel employers’ happiness in an organization. Positive psychologist Dr. Christopher Peterson defines it as the other people’s matter in the workplace. Healthy relationships and bonding in an organization among the employers boost benefits and goal attainment (Mills, Fleck & Kozikowski 2013).In a workplace culture, Connection rather than isolation should be incorporated.

1. Meaning and the Purpose

Seligman,  theory, describe sense with a question as to why an employer is doing a specific job in a workplace. Do the employers feel that they serve a higher purpose in an organization? Employers will be happier in their workplace when they understand their work is meaningful in an organization (Gilbert & Kelloway 2014). The satisfaction of employers is gained by a shared sense of purpose in the workplace.

1. Accomplishments

Accomplishment in the workplace is the result of realistic goals that are supported by specific actions. Accomplishment help employers to thrive and flourish in their duties, thus attain happiness. For instance, asking employer on strength-based questions help them to feel respect and valued in a workplace (Gilbert & Kelloway 2014).

2) Drug Abuse Rehabilitation

Positive psychology entails the science of positive subjective experience, which strives to improve the quality of life through happiness. Also, it prevents mental and physical illnesses that appear when life becomes depleting and hard by consuming drugs. The emerging application treats addictions of positive psychology approaches around the world. Moreover, recovery is attained by moving toward positive adoption of life with the help of positive psychology (Chou, Chan, Chan, Phillips, Ditchman & Kaseroff 2013). Reducing dysfunctions behaviors that foster a meaningful and positive experience that enables the use of positive psychology study attains a positive life. The research conducted provided that incorporating gratitude to the alcoholic addicts have positive impacts on recovery, and the frequent moments of appreciation are beneficial for the recovery process.

1. Character Strengths and Virtues in Recovery

Positive psychology entails moral strengths, which include the positive traits that relate to ethical behavior and the good life in an individual. The virtues that boost good growth include; courage, humanity, justice, wisdom, and temperance, which help to reduce alcoholism and drug abuse. Positive psychology virtues and the character strength help to identify common factors that contribute to prevention and recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. Grift is one of the character strengths that helps in the recovery procedure of substance abuse. Grift help to promote sustained recovery since it entails the trait level ability to persist.

1. Interventions

Positive interventions help to build pleasure, engagement, and meaning in the life of a drug-addicted person. Possession of positive emotions, commitment, and flow and purpose in life helps to build a foundation of a successful life in recovery from alcoholism and drug substance. The various aspects facilitate happiness increment in an individual who reduces the drug-taking practices.

1. Preventions

Substance abuse prevention can be achieved through the use of positive psychology by an increase in personal buffers’ strength. The building of buffer strength such as courage and perseverance, rising of self-esteem, and increasing confidence are some of the factors that promote recovery (Chou et al., 2013).

How Social ties, Family Background and Financial Well-being Contribute to the Happiness of a Person

The human being a social creature, they require social support. People who are attached to supportive families and friends are happier and successful in life compared to persons without social support. Studies have proven that supportive relationships contribute to the well-being of a person. According to Garðarsdóttir & Dittmar (2012), social support benefits individuals in the following ways. It gives one a sense of belonging in that no one wants to be an outcast, gives one a feeling of self-worth that one is the right person with value and finally, gives one a sense of security in that advice, guidance, and motivations promote social support. The happiness of a person is achieved after winning social support in different aspects of life. Kinds of supports that individuals need to be happy include; emotional support it helps one to nurture personality as well as keep moving; it involves love, care, trust, affection, and encouragement. Tangible support entails people who can give financial assistance. Appraisal support includes people who give constructive and honest feedback. The informational support provides one with professional help. Finally, the companionship support consists of the activity friends who make a person feel socially accepted. Different people offer various support in the daily life of a person. The people from the social support group which needs to be appreciated and valued. The social group support makes the individual happier as well as a well- rounded person.

References

Chou, C. C., Chan, F., Chan, J. Y. C., Phillips, B., Ditchman, N., & Kaseroff, A. (2013). Positive psychology theory, research, and practice: A primer for rehabilitation counseling professionals. Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 27(3), 131-153.

Garðarsdóttir, R. B., & Dittmar, H. (2012). The relationship of materialism to debt and financial well-being: The case of Iceland’s perceived prosperity. Journal of Economic Psychology, 33(3), 471-481.

Gilbert, S., & Kelloway, E. K. (2014). Positive psychology and the healthy workplace. Workplace well-being. How to build psychologically healthy workplaces, 50-71.

164. Mills, M., R. Fleck, C., & Kozikowski, A. (2013). Positive psychology at work: A conceptual review, state-of-practice assessment, and a look ahead. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 8(2), 153-164.