User talk:Chcam1/Positive psychology

This is the talk page for Positive Psychology for Spring 2023 being edited by Chcam1.

Druss Hays Peer Review
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? Druss321 (talk) 19:09, 17 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey Druss,
 * The feedback that you have provided has given me inspiration to consider adding a social media aspect to this article as there is a section on Popular culture that only touches on Books, Films, and the Wellness Industry. Thank you again for your feedback! Chcam1 (talk) 04:15, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Peer Review
Your peer review is done! Happy Editing! Pocketsized24 (talk) 23:03, 17 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey Pocketsized24, I agree with some of your qualms about the citations with some of them being a little informal as it does rely on ted talks and some older citations, but I do still believe that older citations hold some merit as this subjects was popular in the 90s and most influential and seemingly worthy citations were created in the 2000s.
 * I've been researching to see if there could be some citations removed or at least updated. Thank you for you help! Chcam1 (talk) 05:51, 26 February 2023 (UTC)