September 18, 2014
by Cresence Allen
(Health Secrets) Many people have a bias against having a positive attitude. They look at a world in chaos and don’t see the value in being hopeful and positive. Positive individuals are stereotyped as childish, naive, and less intelligent. In contrast negative, angry, hostile people position themselves as powerful, claiming to know what is best or what is right for everyone. These individuals feel justified in acting out their anger, believing life will be good once their goals are met. If you want to be in the first group but are afraid you tend toward the second group, hope therapy may be for you.
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Hope or Negativity—which is the real power position?
Typically, people who are optimistic or happy are more successful in work, school and sports. They are less depressed, have fewer physical health problems, and have better relationships with other people, according to Martin Seligman, an authority in the field. Their hopeful thinking empowers mind, body, and spirit.
Psychologists have been developing a positive psychology for decades, building on the work of:
Rogers and Maslow, founders of humanistic psychology
Wellness and prevention programs from psychologists Albee and Cowen
Bandura and others’ concepts of self-efficacy and research on gifted individuals
The broader concepts of intelligence brought forth by Gardner and Sternberg
Marie Jahoda’s work on well being in its own right, not simply as the absence of disorder or distress
According to Seligman, positive psychology is a scientific study of the individual’s strengths and virtues that enable her/him to thrive. Positive psychology has three central concerns:
Positive emotions
Positive individual traits
Positive institutions
Hope is seem as a dynamic cognitive motivational system.
A hopeful nature enhances mind, body and spirit wellness
Hope is more than optimistic thinking—it is proactive attitude and behavior. The thinking of hope has three distinct components:
Goals
Way power
Will power
First one creates a clear and compelling mental picture of their goal. Then way power is thinking of numerous ways to achieve that goal (flexible thinking). Will power is tapping into mind and spirit to muster the mental energy to pursue the goal.
Research has shown that people who are able to get what they want out of life are the people who have the greatest hope.
Research shows high hope correlates with: