Amy R. Krentzman
Review of the application of positive psychology to substance use, addiction, and recovery research.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
advances positive psychology grown exponentially past decade addictions field experienced growth positive direction embodied recovery movement despite parallel developments great momentum sides little crosspollination article introduces positive psychology recovery movement describes research positive psychology addictions discusses future avenues theory research intervention based positivepsychology framework systematic review positive psychology applied substance use addiction recovery found nine studies discussed according following themes theoretical propositions character strengths drinking positive psychology recovery positive interventions addiction feeling good feeling bad current scholarship scant diverse covering wide range populations adults adolescents treatment topics character strengths recovery positive affect addictive behaviors work addiction cigarette smoking alcohol use disorders diversity country origin work originating us uk poland spain rigorous application lens tools approaches positive psychology addiction research generally aims recovery movement specifically potential development theory innovation prevention intervention work positive psychology primarily focused microsystems may primed make contributions predominantly macrosystems focus recovery movement psycinfo database record c 2013 apa rights reserved