PERMA and the building blocks of well-being

作者：Martin E. P. Seligman · 发表于：The Journal of Positive Psychology · 年份：2018 · DOI：10.1080/17439760.2018.1437466 · 被引用次数：1242 · 研究领域：Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction、Mental Health Research Topics、Behavioral Health and Interventions

Seligman (2011) hypothesized that PERMA (Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment) are the elements of well-being. Goodman, Disabato, Kashdan & Kaufmann (2017) reported strong evidence that subjective well-being is the final common path of such elements and their data are entirely consistent with Seligman’s hypothesis. They argued, incorrectly however, that he suggested that PERMA constituted a different kind of well-being rather than just its building blocks. The complicated issue, one that transcends psychometrics, of how to decide on elements of well-being is discussed.