Abstract:Positive Psychology is a movement whose theoretical development was built upon a solid empirical framework since its organization and systematization at the turn of the 21 st century (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000). In Brazil, studies on prosocial behavior, creativity, well-being, resilience, and other positive traits, states and processes were observed as early as the mid-1990s. Over the last 30 years, the interest in positive human experience (Reppold, Gurgel, & Schiavon, 2015) has increased significantl… Show more
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