Editing Positive psychology (section)

==== Role of negativity ====
[[Barbara S. Held]], a professor at [[Bowdoin College]], argues that positive psychology has faults: negative side effects, negativity within the positive psychology movement, and the division in the field of psychology caused by differing opinions of psychologists on positive psychology. She notes the movement's lack of consistency regarding the role of negativity. She also raises issues with the simplistic approach taken by some psychologists in the application of positive psychology. A "one size fits all" approach is arguably not beneficial; she suggests a need for individual differences to be incorporated into its application.<ref name="Held2004">{{cite journal |last1=Held |first1=Barbara S. |title=The Negative Side of Positive Psychology |journal=Journal of Humanistic Psychology |date=January 2004 |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=9–46 |doi=10.1177/0022167803259645 }}</ref> By teaching young people that being confident and optimistic leads to success, when they are unsuccessful they may believe this is because they are insecure or pessimistic. This could lead them to believe that any negative internal thought or feeling they may experience is damaging to their happiness and should be steered clear of completely.<ref name="Ciarrochi 2016">{{Cite journal |last1=Ciarrochi |first1=Joseph |last2=Atkins |first2=Paul W. B. |last3=Hayes |first3=Louise L. |last4=Sahdra |first4=Baljinder K. |last5=Parker |first5=Philip |year=2016 |title=Contextual Positive Psychology: Policy Recommendations for Implementing Positive Psychology into Schools |journal=Frontiers in Psychology |language=English |volume=7 |page=1561 |doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01561 |pmc=5056194 |pmid=27777564 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

Held prefers the Second Wave Positive Psychology message of embracing the dialectic nature of positive and negative, and questions the need to call it "positive" psychology.{{r|Held2004}}