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Szarkowski A, Brice P. Positive Psychology in Research with the Deaf Community: An Idea Whose Time Has Come. J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2018;23(2):111-117doi: 10.1093/deafed/enx058.
Szarkowski, A., & Brice, P. (2018). Positive Psychology in Research with the Deaf Community: An Idea Whose Time Has Come. Journal of deaf studies and deaf education, 23(2), 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enx058
Szarkowski, Amy, and Brice, Patrick. "Positive Psychology in Research with the Deaf Community: An Idea Whose Time Has Come." Journal of deaf studies and deaf education vol. 23,2 (2018): 111-117. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enx058
Szarkowski A, Brice P. Positive Psychology in Research with the Deaf Community: An Idea Whose Time Has Come. J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2018 Apr 01;23(2):111-117. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enx058. PMID: 29432607.
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J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2018 Apr 01;23(2):111-117. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enx058.

Positive Psychology in Research with the Deaf Community: An Idea Whose Time Has Come.

Journal of deaf studies and deaf education

Amy Szarkowski, Patrick Brice

Affiliations

  1. Department of Otolaryngology & Communication Enhancement, Boston Children's Hospital.
  2. Department of Psychiatry, Division of Psychology, Harvard Medical School, 9 Hope Ave., Waltham MA 02453 USA.
  3. Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20002.

PMID: 29432607 DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enx058

Abstract

The emergence of positive psychology as an approach to studying what makes life worth living has inspired a new wave of research. Studies have focused on the prevalence and degree of positive attributes, attitudes, and characteristics in the wider population. Increasingly, lessons learned from positive psychology have been applied to understanding the more diverse experiences of individuals belonging to various groups. Only recently, however, has positive psychology research incorporated a disability perspective, and very little research from a positive psychology stance has been conducted with deaf people. This article addresses the application of positive psychology constructs in the context of deaf communities and individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. We argue that utilization of a positive psychology paradigm can broaden and enrich a collective understanding of deaf people, and suggest a different set of research questions. A positive psychology mindset encourages scholars to learn how people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and those within the larger deaf community1, may define and attain "the good life."

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