This is an excellent concept and I am interested in reviewing the evidence further but Seligman’s conclusions in positive psychology are notoriously...ah....unfounded by evidence so I am skeptical of this scale.
I have difficulties confirming your point. I can’t say anything about his positive psychology though that sees to be OK but Seligman’s evaluation of ‘what you can/can’t change’ seems to be very well established.
Could you point me to your contrary evidence?
Fair enough: if there is evidence for that scale itself, then the author’s credibility is far less relevant.
Thank you for prompting me to look for the actual instances of evidence-lacing for the author. Turns out, I’m wrong. I was too quick to challenge his credibility.
It is actually Martin Seligman, one of his contemporaries that allegedly churned out an empirically un-validated theories:
Please see this Wiki page. The last line in that paragraph is a disappointing ‘These theories have not been empirically validated.’
This is an excellent concept and I am interested in reviewing the evidence further but Seligman’s conclusions in positive psychology are notoriously...ah....unfounded by evidence so I am skeptical of this scale.
I have difficulties confirming your point. I can’t say anything about his positive psychology though that sees to be OK but Seligman’s evaluation of ‘what you can/can’t change’ seems to be very well established. Could you point me to your contrary evidence?
Fair enough: if there is evidence for that scale itself, then the author’s credibility is far less relevant.
Thank you for prompting me to look for the actual instances of evidence-lacing for the author. Turns out, I’m wrong. I was too quick to challenge his credibility.
It is actually Martin Seligman, one of his contemporaries that allegedly churned out an empirically un-validated theories:
Please see this Wiki page. The last line in that paragraph is a disappointing ‘These theories have not been empirically validated.’