The Effect of Positive Psychology on Students' Internal Attributional Styles from Seligman's Perspective

Zahra KhademiAstaneh

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive psychology on students' internal attributional styles from Seligman's point of view.  The statistical population of this study is all students.  The research method is qualitative library type.  The findings show that: We are either optimistic or pessimistic about the bad events of life if we blame ourselves for the bad events, rather than the internal attribution style.  The results indicate that: Seligman has been able to derive the most positive concepts of positive psychology from the incorporation of internal attribution theory and learned helplessness.  Also, one of the five foundations of happiness is positive psychology. Martin Seligman's claim suggests that teaching change in internal attributional styles produces positive psychology in depressing individuals.

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