Martin Seligman Quotes


Perhaps the single most robust fact across many surveys is that married people are happier than anyone else.


Citations

Seligman, Martin E. P. Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. Free Press, 2002, p. 55.

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Martin Seligman
Martin Seligman
  • Born: August 12, 1942
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Psychologist

Martin Elias Peter Seligman is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. Seligman is a strong promoter within the scientific community of his theories of positive psychology and of well-being. His theory of learned helplessness is popular among scientific and clinical psychologists. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Seligman as the 31st most cited psychologist of the 20th century.