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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Positive Psychological Assessment in Latin America

María Laura Lupano PeruginiMaría Laura Lupano Perugini

subject

Latin Americansmental disordersApplied psychologyAttachment theoryTheoretical modelsAssessment instrumentLife satisfactionPsychological testingPositive psychologyPsychologyAdaptation (computer science)psychological phenomena and processes

description

This chapter describes the development and adaptation of instruments to assess Positive Psychology’s constructs in Latin America. Results from the conducted literature review are presented according to PP pillars, as proposed by Seligman: positive emotions, positive traits, positive institutions and positive relationships. The criteria used to analyze the assessment instruments found included country’s contribution, number of tests locally developed vs adapted tests, psychometric properties of assessment instruments and theoretical models in which tests are grounded.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9035-2_3