User:Chcam1/Positive psychology/Druss321 Peer Review

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One thing that sticks out to me in the original article is that it does not include any references to social media. Whenever I think of "toxic positivity", I think of Instagram stories that put the responsibility on the person with depression to get out of the situation without help from others. I am not sure if there is any good literature on this are of positive psychology, but I think since it may be the most relevant mode of consuming it for this generation it could be beneficial to the article. This is something I wanted to include in my additions to the pop psychology page. I may look for some recent positive psychology articles to see how your area of research may benefit my own.

There was a section on pop psychology in your article as well. One thing that you could do for this section is provide research that may contradict the messages that were in the books listed in the article. For example, I have seen other research that points to happiness being somewhat related to socioeconomic status. It just depends on the what extremities SES reaches. It feels disingenuous to say that money and physical attractiveness have no effect on happiness when they can provide opportunities that others would not have. Although, there is a section later on that lists the critiques of the whole field, so this may not be necessary.

In line with the popular psychology section, you could try to see if there is any evidence suggesting why people want to profit off this market. Self help gurus are a good example of people who make a living off positive psychology. Do you think you could find any research into people that seek out positive psychology and incorporate it into their lives? Will people who adopt this way of thinking have better mental health?