Positive psychology on psychological and educational counseling

• Main Authors: Judit García-Martín, Jesús Nicasio García-Sánchez
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Asociación Nacional de Psicología Evolutiva y Educativa de la Infancia Adolescencia Mayores y Discapacidad 2015-07-01
• Series: INFAD
• Subjects: psicología positiva; asesoramiento; emociones; creatividad
• Online Access: http://www.infad.eu/RevistaINFAD/OJS/index.php/IJODAEP/article/view/71

At the end of the 20th century, a new psychological counseling, called Positive Psychology and characterized by its positive hedonic tone, its complementary character and its emphasis on positivism was incorporated. In this regard, we have made a theoretical review about the fundamental psychological constructs of Well-being Science like creativity, humor, optimism, positive emotions, resilience and mindfulness at the same time that we have discussed the main utilities and effects of using  of this new orientation of psychology in education. In addition, we have analyzed the most important aspects about applicability of Psychological and Educational Consulting according to four groups: positive psychology, emotional intelligence and education, well-being psychological and coaching and mentoring, for articulating the different current empirical and conceptual knowledge. In addition, we expected that this evidences provide the necessary theoretical basis and that it serve as a framework for the intervention and for making decisions scientifically based psychological and educational counseling. FPI-MICINN Subprogramme (Predoctoral contract, BES-2011-045996) granted to J. García-Martín for four years (2011-2015) in the competitive project (EDU2010-19250 / EDUC) granted to IP (JN García).