Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Christopher Peterson“Other People Matter”: 1950–2012

2013; Wiley; Volume: 5; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/aphw.12007

ISSN

1758-0846

Autores

Nansook Park, Sarah Oates, Ralf Schwarzer,

Tópico(s)

Social Representations and Identity

Resumo

He was one of the founders of positive psychology, the scientific study of what makes life worth living.He studied, taught, and lived positive psychology.He had a great mind and a giant heart.He had a brilliance accompanied by love, generosity, a great sense of humor, humility, fairness, integrity, and genuineness.Simply put, he was a "Gentle Giant".His premature death was not only a personal tragedy for those who loved him, but also a huge loss to the field of positive psychology.

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