Positive psychology is a psychological research trend that emerged at the end of the 20th century. The educational concept of positive psychology is to treat students with a positive attitude, pay attention to the stimulation of students' potential, and pay attention to the cultivation of students' lifelong learning ability. Cultivate students' self-confidence and happiness during the learning process. The following is the content of a 1500-word paper on positive psychology that I have collected for everyone. You are welcome to read and refer to it! 1500-word paper on positive psychology Part 1
A brief discussion of positive psychology and libraries
[Abstract] Expounds the research content and main viewpoints of positive psychology, and discusses the significance and role of positive psychology in the development of librarianship from three aspects: First, on the basis of analyzing the causes of the marginalized status of reader psychology First, it is pointed out that library psychology can enrich its theoretical connotation by absorbing and drawing on the perspectives and methodologies of positive psychology; secondly, through the analysis of the library system, it is concluded that establishing a positive library system is the only way to build a library system. Conclusion; Finally, clarifying the perspective of positive psychology on the way to obtain happiness is an important perspective such as the theoretical basis for libraries to carry out mental health education.
[Keywords]Positive Psychology Library Psychology Library System Construction Psychological Education
? Paradise should be like a library? - So said the world-famous writer Borges explain. It can be seen that people have high expectations for the library, because heaven can be understood as a synonym for happiness. Is the library such a place? Can the library achieve such a state? To answer this question, we must first figure out what happiness is?
1. Overview of Positive Psychology
1.1 The definition of positive psychology
Happiness is a subjective spiritual emotional experience - a satisfying subjective experience. This is the definition of happiness given by positive psychology. Positive psychology is the science of happiness. It explores the ways for humans to obtain happiness by quantitatively and qualitatively studying the physiological mechanisms that produce all positive human emotional experiences such as happiness, joy, and satisfaction, as well as the formation process of human positive qualities and social systems. The ultimate goal is to help everyone maximize their happiness. happiness.
In the 20th century, many psychologists found that traditional psychological research neglected the study of positive qualities of individuals, and its research focus was excessively focused on the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, so it was called Negative Psychology. Beginning in the 1960s, some psychologists began to explore the positive aspects of people. Subsequently, a large number of studies have found that the pursuit of happiness, development, and joy is the main motivation for human achievement. ?The positive qualities of human beings are the core elements for human survival and development. Psychology needs to study the bright side of people, the advantages and values ??of people. Developing the advantages of human nature is more valuable than repairing diseases. In order to distinguish it from traditional negative psychology, this discipline is named positive psychology (PositivePsychology).
1.2 Research content of positive psychology
Positive psychology advocates looking at people with an open and appreciative perspective, and focuses on studying the positive aspects of each person. It mainly studies three Each aspect of the content ① advocates that psychology should study the positive subjective experience of individuals towards the past, present and future. In terms of dealing with the past, positive experiences such as satisfaction and satisfaction are mainly studied. In terms of treating the present, positive experiences such as happiness, flow and physical pleasure are mainly studied. In terms of treating the future, optimism and hope are mainly studied. Positive experience. ②Advocate for the study of positive personality in psychology. Personality research is a very important aspect of positive psychology. Positive psychology focuses on the positive aspects and positive traits contained in personality, and has done specific empirical research on their formation process. ③Advocate the study of positive organizational systems. Positive psychology mainly studies organizational systems such as family, school and society, and proposes that the establishment of these systems must take people's subjective well-being as the starting point and destination.
Although the history of positive psychology is extremely short, scientists have made remarkable achievements in this research field, and the research results of positive psychology have begun to be applied to management, education, clinical care, etc. field, and the effect is remarkable and the potential is huge. Through study and research, the author is delighted to find that positive psychology also has positive significance for the development of librarianship.
2. Positive Psychology and Library Psychology
The library has its own psychology, which is well known as reader psychology. As a branch of library science, reader psychology emerged in the 1970s, became a research hotspot in the 1980s, and formed a relatively mature theoretical system in the 1990s. However, there has been no major breakthrough so far, and it is already in a marginalized state. The author believes that the development of reader psychology has stalled for three reasons: ① The development of my country's library industry is still in its infancy. The focus of work is mainly on the construction of library hardware and library technology, and insufficient attention is paid to the role of people. , so psychology with human beings as its main research object naturally does not get the attention it deserves; ② The research results of reader psychology are rarely used in practical work, causing people to feel that they are of little use, so they are gradually forgotten. This is Publicity issues; ③ The number of people engaged in reader psychology research is too small, and the number of people with a professional background in psychology is even more limited, which makes the research on reader psychology not in-depth enough and makes it difficult to achieve major breakthroughs. In addition, in recent years, people's attention has turned to the study of librarian psychology, that is, analyzing the psychological phenomena of librarians, clarifying the dependence of their psychological characteristics, psychological activities, and psychological development on library work, and guiding librarians to psychologically interact with libraries. Coordination of library work at a higher level. However, the research results in this area are fragmented and have not yet formed a system. However, in the field of libraries, reader psychology has thus expanded into library psychology.
2.1 Research content and progress of library psychology
Library psychology is the science that studies various psychological phenomena and their laws of people in the exchange of literature and materials in libraries. Its research content includes four aspects: research on the psychology of readers' reading needs, research on librarians' psychological countermeasures, research on the psychology of leaders, and research on library environment and psychology. The current research hotspots are mainly focused on the two directions of librarian psychology and library environment psychology. Especially in the study of librarian psychology, important progress has been made recently. The representative result is Professor Xu Jianhua of Nankai University’s "Contemporary Library" Research on employee happiness index. This is the first time in recent years that the library community has used psychometric methods to explore the subjective life quality of librarians on a large sample size from an empirical perspective, and to measure the "happiness index" of contemporary librarians in my country. A series of extreme results have been obtained. The persuasive survey conclusion scientifically and accurately depicts the psychological state of contemporary library practitioners. The author believes that this is a landmark research result in Chinese library psychology. It enables library psychology to get rid of the primary stage of purely perceptual derivation and will have a profound impact on future research methods of library psychology.
2.2 The Enlightenment of Positive Psychology to Library Psychology
Library psychology is a young subject that is in urgent need of development and growth. As an important force in modern psychology, positive psychology not only reflects the requirements of the times, but also represents the direction of psychological development. By studying and studying the research methods and main viewpoints of positive psychology, library psychology can gain the following insights from it: Enlightenment:
?Library psychology should absorb the perspective of positive psychology and look at people with an open and appreciative perspective, believing that everyone is born with many excellent qualities. Focus on the positive aspects of every librarian and reader.
?Library psychology should absorb the perspective of positive psychology that emphasizes making positive interpretations of problems or seeing the positive aspects of problems to gain positive meaning, because positive understanding can fully mobilize a person Your intelligence will be more helpful in solving the problem itself.
?Library psychology should strengthen the research and absorption of traditional classic psychology to improve its theoretical depth, pay attention to the latest results of modern psychology, and apply it to its own research fields in a timely manner. Breathe new energy into yourself.
?Library psychology should verify the research results of positive psychology in its own research field, and creatively apply the specific results of positive psychology to library work, thereby forming library psychology His own theory enriches and develops the theory of library psychology.
Professor Xu Jianhua's "Research on Librarians' Happiness Index" is one of the research contents of positive psychology. Professor Xu's work actually verifies the ideas of positive psychology in the library field, that is, by studying how individuals deal with the past, Positive subjective experience now and in the future, to discover the main factors that affect subjective well-being, that is, the happiness index, as well as the weight and formation causes of these factors, and to propose solutions to the problems. The ultimate goal is to enable library practitioners to gain experience in their work. More feelings of happiness.
As the whole society understands and pays attention to the role of "people", psychology is attracting more and more people's attention, and library psychology will also usher in a golden period
< p> Development period. As long as we take meeting people's needs as the starting point for research and create a happy life for people as the ultimate goal, library psychology will have a bright future.3. Positive Psychology and Library System Construction
In the famous quote mentioned at the beginning, why did Borges liken the library to "paradise"? This is because In people's minds, libraries have rich collections of information resources that can be freely accessed; they have an orderly, elegant and comfortable environment to sit in; they have warm and thoughtful services to enjoy; their personalities are fully respected, and their rights are effectively protected. How can such a "wonderland" not have a satisfying subjective experience? Therefore, the library should become a paradise. It must become a paradise, otherwise it will suffer the fate of being eliminated in the Internet age.
3.1 The professional status of librarians
We have understood the needs of readers, but how do librarians feel? It depends on whether the work of the library gives full play to the librarians Their talents, whether the library's income satisfies the librarians, whether the relationship between the library's colleagues is warm and united, in a word - do the librarians experience a sense of happiness? This is very important for improving the quality of the library's work and realizing the library's goals. It is of great significance to set goals and maintain the stability of the librarian team. But the actual situation is not optimistic. In 2004, China Human Resources Development Network conducted a nationwide "Job Satisfaction Index Survey". The results showed that more than 60% of people believed that the management system and work process of their unit were unreasonable, and more than 50% believed that the management system and work process of their unit were unreasonable. % of people are dissatisfied with their direct superiors, more than 50% of people lack confidence in their future, nearly 40% of people do not like their jobs, and 40.4% of people are dissatisfied with the working environment and working relationships. What is the situation like in libraries?
Professor Xu Jianhua’s research report pointed out that the total happiness index of contemporary library employees is 7.34, which shows that the overall happiness level of today’s library employees is in the medium range. level. However, the self-evaluation result of the respondents was only 7.07, which is lower than the objective measurement result. This shows that the self-evaluation of the entire library industry personnel is generally low and their self-confidence is insufficient. This is closely related to the library industry’s low public attention, unclear industry image, and low social evaluation.
3.2 The Enlightenment of Positive Psychology on Library System Construction
So what should libraries do to not only meet readers' expectations of libraries, but also keep employees happy and confident at work? The answer is to establish a positive library system. Positive psychology believes that positive social systems are very important. It is not only a supporting force in building positive personality, but also the most direct source for individuals to continuously generate positive experiences. A positive social system includes many aspects, among which the country, work unit, family, school, etc. are several important aspects.
Library is originally an institutional product, that is, an institutional product provided by the country and its government to ensure citizens’ equal access to knowledge and information. The library system is divided into three levels: macro, meso and micro. The library system at the national level (macro system) is the library system arrangement of the country and its governments at all levels; the library system at the industry level (meso system) is the relevant rules formulated by the library industry; at the institutional level The library system (micro system) is the management and service rules formulated by each physical library.
The research on micro-systems in our country's library circles has formed relatively complete results, but there is very little research on macro- and meso-systems. However, the current lack of libraries in these two aspects is relatively serious, which is reflected in the library There is a lack of legislation, a lack of professional self-discipline system, a lack of professional rights and interests protection system, a lack of professional access system, etc. The absence of the system has seriously restricted the development of librarianship, because the absence of the system will inevitably lead to the absence of responsibilities and functions.
Positive psychology believes that the establishment of a positive social system at the national level requires the country to reflect positive significance in the formulation of various principles and policies, the creation of social public opinion, and the national development plan, that is, it must Focusing on improving people's quality of life. However, the long-standing "GDP worship" phenomenon in our country understands national development as a pile of materials, resulting in insufficient investment in national public affairs, culture, education, medical and health, and social welfare security that are closely related to the quality of life of the general public. The development of other social undertakings is slow. As an important part of cultural and educational undertakings, the development of libraries has not received due attention, which has resulted in the severe reality of the current absence of the system. To completely change this situation, the government must pay more attention to the library industry, continue to increase investment in librarianship, and fundamentally improve the social status of the entire industry. At the industry level, competent authorities and industry associations should strengthen their sense of responsibility and cohesion, improve the industry's system construction, strengthen public relations awareness, show a clear image of contemporary libraries, and strive for more social attention and recognition. At the organizational level, whether a unit or team has a positive work system is reflected by employees' job satisfaction. First, whether the employee's need for success and work-related material equipment are met; second, whether the employee's importance in the group is met; third, whether the employee's need for belonging or participation is met; and finally, employee progress. and development needs are met. When employees have higher job satisfaction, the goals of work tasks will naturally be achieved. This is a win-win situation.
Only when libraries establish positive systems at the macro, meso and micro levels, will the library industry embark on a fast track to healthy development. Therefore, strengthening institutional research has become an urgent task for the library industry. In this field, Teacher Jiang Yongfu proposed the concept of institutional library science, and Mr. Han Jizhang called for the construction of technical library science, humanities library science and institutional library science in A complete theoretical system of new library science. This fully reflects the library people’s sense of mission and sense of the times. However, the reality is not optimistic, and library people have a long way to go on the road to system construction.
4 Positive Psychology and Mental Health Education in Libraries
A high-quality life not only refers to a healthy body and abundant materials, but also a healthy mind. Only people with a healthy mind can experience more happiness. Yet around the world, the situation with mental health is alarming. Taking the United States as an example, the number of people suffering from depression in the United States at the end of the 20th century was more than 10 times that 40 years ago, and mental illness has a trend of getting younger. Domestic surveys show that the rate of psychological disorders among college freshmen is about 10-40%. The main symptoms include anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, fear, depression, neurasthenia and other symptoms. These negative emotions lingering in the mind for a long time will inevitably lead to serious mental illness.
4.1 Research on subjective well-being in positive psychology
Research on subjective well-being in positive psychology shows that happy and unhappy emotions are independent of each other, that is, the increase of happy emotions It does not mean a decrease in unhappy emotions, and a decrease in happy emotions does not mean an increase in unhappy emotions; and vice versa. Therefore, traditional diagnostic and therapeutic psychology focuses on the study of problems and expects to achieve happiness by solving problems, which is impossible to achieve. Human beings cannot build a happy society by eliminating various problems that exist in society. Similarly, human beings cannot obtain happiness by eliminating the problems that exist in human beings themselves. To obtain happiness, we must embark on the correct path to obtain happiness. Only by cultivating positive forces can we truly hinder and prevent the occurrence of individual psychological problems.
4.2 Implications of positive psychology for libraries to carry out mental health education
In the past days, people thought that it was completely impossible for libraries to carry out mental health education because libraries Without professional equipment or professionals, how can we counsel those mental patients? This is obviously the view of traditional pathological psychology, which equates mental health education with the treatment of a small number of patients with mental illness. They don’t know that another important connotation of mental health education is to tell the public the methods and ways to seek happiness, which is the best way to prevent mental illness. Due to its special position in the education of college students, university libraries should regard the implementation of mental health education for college students as their unshirkable responsibility and obligation. According to the characteristics of the library, the implementation of psychological education in the library is different from that of the teaching department, and has its own unique methods and techniques. The library must first strengthen the promotion of books on psychological knowledge, teach students how to use books to improve their psychological quality, and regard guiding readers' psychology as an important task. Secondly, psychology lectures, activity days, symposiums, exhibitions, knowledge competitions and other activities can be held to strengthen the effect of psychological education. Research and application of bibliotherapy should also be carried out and new service areas such as psychological counseling should be developed. Libraries with the necessary conditions can establish psychological files of problem students and even set up psychological treatment rooms to formulate and implement effective treatment plans for students' specific problems.
The pursuit of happiness is the driving force of everyone’s life. In the process of building a harmonious society in our country, the happiness of all people should be the ultimate goal of struggle. A harmonious society must be a society in which everyone is happy, and a harmonious library must be a library that can bring more happiness to readers. Positive Psychology Paper 1500 words Part 2
Discussing the impact of positive psychology on mental health education in colleges and universities
Abstract: As a new research force, the core idea of ??positive psychology is It emphasizes the inherent positive factors of people themselves, emphasizes people's value and humanistic care, advocates studying people's virtues and potential, and aims to help all people achieve happiness. Examining college students' mental health education from the perspective of positive psychology is an inevitable requirement for the development of mental health education in colleges and universities. Educators should draw on the research results of positive psychology in the mental health education of college students, update their concepts, broaden their horizons, look at students with an open and appreciative eye, and strive to promote the unity of students' cognition and affection, so as to enhance students' psychological quality purpose.
Keywords: positive psychology; mental health education; college students
With the development and progress of society, the missions of colleges and universities are becoming more and more arduous, and college students are an advanced Groups also show different states in facing various complex events in life. In recent years, there have been incidents of throwing sulfuric acid at bears among college students, incidents of cat abuse by graduate students, and suicides of college students. The emergence of these tragedies has made mental health educators continue to reflect and explore the discipline of psychology. At this time, a The discipline that advocates guiding the positive factors of human beings to obtain better and positive psychological qualities has emerged as the times require. Reintegrating various elements of mental health education with the concept of positive psychology to form a new mental health education model has become a new trend in the field of mental health education.
1. The basic connotation of positive psychology
Positive psychology is a new research field that emerged in the Western psychology community at the end of the 20th century. It uses relatively complete experimental methods in psychology and A psychological trend that uses measurement methods to study positive aspects of human strength and virtue. The difference between positive psychology and traditional psychology is that it advocates a more open and appreciative view of human potential, motivations and abilities. The purpose of adopting scientific methods and technologies to understand complex human behaviors is to develop human potential, stimulate human vitality, promote human abilities and creativity, and explore ways of healthy human development. The concept of college students' mental health education guided by positive psychology believes that the most important mission of college students' mental health education is to comprehensively improve the psychological quality of all students, promote the development of individuals and society, and help educated people move toward happiness.
2. The difference between positive psychology and negative psychology
Traditional negative psychology is mainly centered on the study of human psychological problems, diagnosis and treatment of mental diseases, more It focuses on some negative performance characteristics of human beings, focusing on the prevention of suicide, the correction of psychological problems, and the prevention of psychological problems. It simply plans mental health education as the treatment of diseases, and how to make people with a positive mentality become better. Excellent people have no specific methods and measures. They are always thinking about how to avoid psychological problems and lack the necessary thinking and exploration on how to improve their psychological quality. This model often leads people to believe that sick people receive mental health education and instinctively refuse psychological counseling and treatment. Positive psychology, on the other hand, pays more attention to the improvement of human abilities and the cultivation of quality, focusing on exploring the positive qualities of human beings. Positive evaluation of human nature enables human beings to learn to share happiness, create happiness, and maintain an optimistic and positive state of life, thereby improving human psychological endurance and psychological quality.
3. The significance of the development of positive psychology
Positive psychology, based on the study of human psychological problems and diseases, pays more attention to the study of the advantages and values ??of human nature, and through stimulating Human potential, release their own positive qualities to achieve the purpose of treating mental illness, and then discover and cultivate human outstanding talents to make human life better and happier. Positive psychology has advantages that traditional psychology does not have. It takes people's subjective happiness as the core of concern, uses positive subjective experience, positive personality traits and positive social systems as the framework to study people's strength and virtue, and through positive Personality characteristics promote personal development and progress, and provide solid backing for building positive public qualities and good social systems.
IV. The necessity of introducing positive psychology to university campuses
(1) The introduction of positive psychology to university campuses is a need for human development.
Positive means "positive" or "active". The cultivation of college students should focus on the shaping of positive personality. By acquiring the positive qualities and characteristics of human beings, college students can improve their resistance to negativity. Emotional abilities, while improving college students' ability to adapt to social development and maintaining their physical and mental health.
The introduction of positive psychology into schools provides a new perspective for school mental health education and has a wide range of intervention effects in school mental health education. Through mutual assistance between teachers and students, an interactive and multi-dimensional cross-network in school mental health education is formed to help students construct a positive self-concept, hope and life satisfaction.
(2) The introduction of positive psychology into university campuses is an inevitable requirement for social development.
The emergence and development of positive psychology are not only the needs of the development of psychology itself, but also the inevitable requirements of social development. With the rapid development of science and technology and economy, people's living standards have been greatly enriched and improved, but the quality of life and spiritual pursuits have not kept pace with this. On the contrary, people's life pressure and psychological pressure are increasing, and various psychological problems have arisen. It is difficult for the research concepts and research methods of negative psychology to play a greater role. Positive psychology is people-oriented, advocates positive human nature, and focuses on the study of people's strengths and values, which meets contemporary people's needs for psychology. The emergence of positive psychology has restored the original function and mission of psychology, which helps people live happier under good social living conditions.
(3) The introduction of positive psychology to university campuses inspires ideological and political education.
Positive psychology and ideological and political education both affirm people and value their development. We can combine positive psychology with ideological and political education. In the process of ideological and political education, we can learn from the positive ideas of positive psychology. , connecting positive psychology's emphasis on people's own thoughts with the subjectivity of ideological and political education objects. By creating a positive ideological and political education environment for college students, we can form a harmonious campus culture that is eager to learn and cultivate morality. At the same time, colleges and universities should play their role in public opinion propaganda and be good at using various media to promote socialist core values, so that college students can cultivate in a positive campus culture. Positive and progressive thoughts.
5. Methods of mental health education on university campuses under positive psychology
(1) Cultivate the positive cognitive ability of college students.
Accepting oneself is the key to the healthy development of self-awareness. To accept yourself, you must first accept yourself, like yourself, appreciate yourself, and understand your uniqueness. On this basis, you must experience a sense of value, happiness, pleasure, and satisfaction. Secondly, treat one's own strengths and weaknesses rationally and objectively, treat gains and losses calmly, and pay attention to self-development and self-improvement in life.
(2) Cultivate college students’ positive psychological qualities and shape positive personalities.
School mental health education can be based on the research theory of positive psychology to stimulate the inner passion of teenagers, help them develop comprehensive skills, assume the responsibilities of life, and become socially competent, compassionate, and mentally healthy people. adults. The use of positive psychology focuses on focusing on and exploring the most positive qualities and potentials of individuals and groups, and strives to create a favorable environment for individuals to maximize their positive qualities.
(3) Carry out positive mental health education through multiple channels.
Courses can be offered including learning psychological guidance, life education, emotional education, character education, interpersonal relationship guidance, frustration education, love education, innovation education, employment education and sexual psychology education. You can also use games , entertainment, theme team days, camping, training, military training and other activities to provide psychological education and training to students, with special emphasis on the cultivation of happiness, respect, gratitude, care, appreciation, tolerance and other emotions, so that students can participate in positive psychological education in the process Acquire psychological knowledge, master scientific psychological methods, develop abilities, form good psychological qualities, develop your own potential, and improve your psychological quality and mental health.
(4) Strengthen the psychological concepts of educators.
Educators must firmly believe that college students have positive potential and virtues, which will help improve the effectiveness of mental health education, and thus explore their various positive qualities and virtues through consultation and counseling. The concept of positive psychology not only helps people re-examine the goals, content and methods of mental health education, but more importantly, positive psychology can promote psychology itself to play its positive role and help humans and society live healthily, benignly and harmoniously. develop.
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