On Baking a Cake: The Phenomenological Method in Positive Psychology

The field of positive psychology has burgeoned since its formal inception with Martin Seligman's 1998 APA presidential address. Aimed at better baking the positive half of the psychology “cake”, the gains in research and practice over the past decade and a half have been substantial. Among the...

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Authors: Plessis, Graham A. du (Author) ; Plessis, Carolina du (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Rhodes University [2017]
In: The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Year: 2017, Volume: 17, Pages: 1-13
RelBib Classification:VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy
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