Effect of Positive Psychology on Well-Being of Australians

Running head: EFFECT OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY ON WELL-BEING OF
AUSTRALIANS
Effect of Positive Psychology on Well-Being of Australians
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Introduction
Good health can be said to be crucial and it influences the everyday living of the
people. Health does not merely indicate the absence of any kind of disease but it helps in the
incorporation of the physical, mental along with the social well-being of an individual in the
society. It was found that in the year 2014-15, there were 4 out of the 5 Australians who rated
their health as being “excellent”. The life expectancy of the Australians at the time of birth
has increased in last century. It has been found that within the year 2015-16, the Australians
had spent $ 170 billion on the aspect of the health. The life expectancy of the Australians
have increased and the people in Australia are living longer and they have more years of the
full health. The positive psychology of the people can have a good effect on the well-being of
the Australians. This literature review focusses on the positive effects of the positive
psychology on the health of the people within Australia.
Concept of Positive Psychology
Positive psychology lays focus on the positive experiences of an individual at the
three time points: past, present and the future. The past talks about the well-being along with
the satisfaction of an individual. Present lays emphasis on the concept like the happiness
along with the flow experiences. Future on the other hand lays stress on the concept of the
optimism along with hope in the society. According to Raymond et al. (2018), positive
psychology can provide the scientific community along with the society with the new
perspective in relation to the existing ideas. Socrates along with Aristotle believed in the fact
that the people pursuing virtuous life can emerge to become happy individuals (Lopez,
Pedrotti & Snyder, 2018). The Epicurus and the Utilitarians believed in the fact that
happiness can be stated to be abundance of the positive feelings along with the pressures.
Positive psychology has conceptualized idea of the authentic happiness as being the

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amalgamation of the hedonic along with the eudaimonic well-being. Hedonic happiness helps
in encompassing high level of the positive affect along with the low level of the negative
affect that is in addition to that of the high subjective life satisfaction. The aspect of the
eudaimonic well-being lays stress on creation of the meaning along with the purpose in the
life of an individual. An individual in the society can get the “authentic happiness” in the
event of leading a life that is combination of pleasurable, engaged along with the meaningful
life (Love, Moore & Warburton, 2017). Pleasurable life helps in encompassing feelings of
the positive emotions that is an integral component in the success along with the well-being
of a person. The positive emotions helps in widening the thought process of a person and it
can help in the creation of a ‘protective reservoir’ that helps a person in drawing from the
distressing times (Compton & Hoffman, 2019). According to Steve (2016), engaged life of a
person lays focus on the aspect of the engagement along with the well-being of a person.
Positive psychology refers to the positive experiences that an individual feels in the society. It
refers to the positive traits along with the states of an individual in the society. Positive
psychology deals with the topics like the optimism, gratitude along with the life satisfaction
that can prove to be crucial for an individual in the society.
Factors affecting positive psychology of a person
There are various kinds of factors that have an effect on the positive psychology of an
individual. The social connections that an individual has an effect on the aspect of the
positive psychology of an individual in the society. It has been argued by Lambert, Passmore
& Holder (2015) that the social connections can help a person in finding the simple answers
to that of the complex problems that can give rise to positive psychology for a person. The
people in the society need the company of the other people that can help them in functioning
in their best. The human beings are the social creatures in the society and they have
emotional needs in relation to the relationships in the societies. They want to build the