Rise and development of Positive Psychology. Analysis from a critical historiography
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This paper is based on historical research. First, it analyzes from a critical historiography the emergence of the positive psychology movement at the end of twentieth century in the United States of America. Second, it points out the subject of study of positive psychology, a few possibly unsolved epistemological issues in the works of some distinguished scientists belonging to the movement. It also analyzes a number of debates around the need for positive psychology to find a unified and integrated theory that may guide its research. Finally, it reviews the contributions and possible future of positive psychology taking into account that, as some of its theorists have proposed, its success could be its demise as a movement, which will end up being part of the mainstream psychology.
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