Kennon Sheldon
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Kennon Sheldon is a professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. He is known for his research in positive psychology
. In 2002 he was a recipient of a Templeton Foundation "Positive Psychology" prize ($30,000), and has received large research grants for his work. He is the author of a large number of academic books, book chapters, and journal articles.
Positive psychology
Positive psychology is a recent branch of psychology whose purpose was summed up in 1998 by Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: "We believe that a psychology of positive human functioning will arise, which achieves a scientific understanding and effective interventions to build thriving in...
. In 2002 he was a recipient of a Templeton Foundation "Positive Psychology" prize ($30,000), and has received large research grants for his work. He is the author of a large number of academic books, book chapters, and journal articles.
External links
- Kennon M. Sheldon, Ph.D., Faculty page at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.