Abstract
This study aims to list elements for a better understanding and study of identity in the theoretical bias of Positive Psychology. We start from a conception of identity as constitution of the subject, fluid, process, unfinished, constantly building throughout life. It occurs from experiences in certain contexts, the person considering its ontological, social and cultural aspects. Based on Positive Psychology literature review on the subject identity, we find very little published material on this topic in our reality, which leads us to make some links between the constituent elements of the construction of the identity concept in psychology, with the Positive Psychology, among them well-being, self-esteem, self-image and resilience, trying to delineate the possibility of having the identity (more) healthy, a possible object of study in the field of study. The fact that these concepts also are not static and are due to the subject’s interactions with the environment in which it develops leads us to consider that this is a plausible way to add healthy identity of the Positive Psychology study objects.
Highlights
Positive Psychology implies a more positive vision of human development, especially in Humanities and Health in a more specific way, breaking with the prevailing negative and pathological view in psychology hitherto ex-How to cite this paper: Rodrigues, A
The study of identity, as a healthy identity in the Positive Psychology approach has in the resilience, an important element to its research and understanding
We have tried in this article to draw a possibility of identity study in the perspective of Positive Psychology
Summary
Positive Psychology implies a more positive vision of human development, especially in Humanities and Health in a more specific way, breaking with the prevailing negative and pathological view in psychology hitherto ex-. Identity as Study Object of Positive Psychology. How to think about constituent elements of identity from the perspective of Positive Psychology? We have realized that there is neither a clearer definition nor many studies in our reality directly facing identity processes, this psychological approach. From a more dialectical and procedural conception of the formation of self-image, self-esteem and self-realization, supported by this theoretical line, and that psychology, in this approach should prioritize the most positive aspects, try to make some links between these concepts within this theoretical perspective and identity, considering the latter as procedural, fluid and constantly changing. We will carry on here a healthy identity, towards a healthier identity process
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