Facts about Martin Seligman

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   Seligman's Penn Resilience Program, developed in 1991 with Kathleen Reivich, trained over 10,000 school children to use cognitive-behavioral techniques for reducing depression and anxiety symptoms by 50 percent.

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   Seligman's 2011 book Flourish expanded his well-being framework beyond PERMA to include negative emotion as a fifth element, recognizing that psychological health requires acknowledging both positive and negative experiences.

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   Seligman's research on learned helplessness in the 1960s, conducted through experiments with dogs, demonstrated how repeated unavoidable shocks produced depression-like symptoms and passivity.

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   At the University of Pennsylvania, Seligman's PERMA model defines five measurable pillars of well-being: positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment.

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   Seligman's 2002 book Authentic Happiness introduced the VIA Character Strengths survey, identifying 24 measurable character strengths across cultures to assess human potential beyond intelligence testing.

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   In 1998, Martin Seligman's presidency of the American Psychological Association launched the positive psychology movement, shifting focus from mental illness to human flourishing.

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