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About positive psychology - between light and shadow

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Jelonkiewicz I.

Problemy Opiekuńczo-Wychowawcze

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2020

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vol. 586(1)

12-26

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The article discusses the history and development of positive psychology - a new psychological discipline emerged at the end of the 20th century. The sources and philosophical foundations of positive psychology associated with the existential approach and humanistic psychology are presented. The specificity of this new field based on a strict, scientific and empirical way of studying human behaviour was characterized. The most important definitions of well-being were reviewed and possible changes in well-being under the influence of adverse life events were analysed. The application use of positive psychology is visible in the dynamically developing field of positive psychological interventions that improve people's functioning. Information illustrating the relationship between experienced emotions and the functioning of the nervous system was also presented. The literature of the subject includes articles questioning the novelty and usefulness of the idea of positive psychology and critically assessing the achievements of the new discipline. Currently, the second wave positive psychology (SWPP) is developing, which tries to balance the positive and negative aspects of people's lives. An illustration of this dialectical process is the metaphor of the mixing of light and darkness. Nowadays, positive psychology can be understood as a movement of scientific and intellectual change broadening the horizons of science.

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What we can learn about strategies, language learning, and life from two extreme cases: The role of well-being theory

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Oxford R. L.

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching

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2014

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vol. 4

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issue 4

593-615

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This article presents two foreign or second language (L2) learner histories representing the extreme ends of the spectrum of learner well-being. One story reflects the very positive learning experiences of a highly strategic learner, while the other story focuses on a less strategic learner’s negative, long-lasting responses to a single traumatic episode. The theoretical framework comes from the concept of well-being in positive psychology (with significant adaptations). In addition to contrasting the two cases through the grounded theory approach, the study suggests that the adapted well-being framework is useful for understanding L2 learning experiences, even when the experiences are negative.

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What can we learn about strategies, langugae learning, and life from the two extreme cases: The role of well-being theory

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Oxford R. L.

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching

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2014

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vol. 4

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issue 4

593-615

EN

This article presents two foreign or second language (L2) learner histories representing the extreme ends of the spectrum of learner well-being. One story reflects the very positive learning experiences of a highly strategic learner, while the other story focuses on a less strategic learner’s negative, long-lasting responses to a single traumatic episode. The theoretical framework comes from the concept of well-being in positive psychology (with significant adaptations). In addition to contrasting the two cases through the grounded theory approach, the study suggests that the adapted well-being framework is useful for understanding L2 learning experiences, even when the experiences are negative.

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About positive psychology - between light and shadow

What we can learn about strategies, language learning, and life from two extreme cases: The role of well-being theory

What can we learn about strategies, langugae learning, and life from the two extreme cases: The role of well-being theory