Positive Psychology: Habits Lab

The HABITS lab is the psychology research lab of Carlo DiClemente, Ph.D. at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

This lab is dedicated to understanding and examining health behaviors such as smoking, drug addiction, alcoholism, exercise, and eating behaviors.

They conduct research on the basis of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change in order to better understand how individuals develop different behaviors as well as reduce or stop engaging in those behaviors.

They have a variety of projects going on in the lab examining a wide range of health behaviors.

Sample of the Work they do:

Addiction and Change

Powerpoint presentation given by Carlo DiClemente about addiction, from the development of addiction through the process of quitting.

Click here to download the presentation.

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Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."