THE IMPORTANCE OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY TO COPE WITH THE CRISIS

Zeynep APAYDIN DEMİRCݹ , Sevinç MERSİN²

Human beings have the potential to develop and realize oneself. In accordance with its creation, human strives to do the best and become competent and as human tries to realize his existing potential. In literature, this concept is tried to be explained by positive psychology approach. Positive psychology emphasizes that it is more effective to develop individuals' strengths than to eliminate weaknesses. The expected life events that occur during the life span of the individual cause developmental crises, and the different problems that lead to sudden changes in the life of the individual cause situational crises. The aim of this study is to show that the positive psychology approach does not have a limited field of application, and that the positive psychology approach and its principles can be utilized in many areas and that positive psychology can be utilized in coping with situational/developmental crises

Keywords
Positive Psychology, Crisis, Situational Crisis, Developmental Crisis, Crisis İntervention,