The sustainability of positive environments

Victor Corral-Verdugo, Martha Frías-Armenta

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© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Inspired by the emergence of the positive psychology (PP) movement, recent environmental psychology studies have identified a need for further inquiry into “positive environments” (PEs). Recognizing that PP has largely neglected the role of environmental factors in the appearance of positivity, this paper proposes the study of person–environment relations in order to explain human well-being, psychological growth, sustainable behaviors, and other psychological positive factors, in addition to studying the material and social well-being that a positive environment provides. The traditional view of environmental positivity (i.e., the environment as an inexhaustible and infinite source of resources that satisfy human needs) is contrasted against an ecological vision of PE in which the conservation of the quality of the environment is as important as the satisfaction of human needs. A definition of positive environment is presented and discussed, which conceives PE as a context that promotes individual and collective benefits and that also influences human predispositions to conserve—in the long run—the sociophysical structures on which life depends.
Idioma originalInglés estadounidense
Páginas (desde-hasta)965-984
Número de páginas20
PublicaciónEnvironment, Development and Sustainability
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 1 ago. 2016

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