Brazilian Instruments Based on Positive Psychology: A Systematic Review

Positive Psychology refers to the study of the development of positive aspects of human beings, groups and institutions. Having the aim of knowing instruments based on Positive Psychology, we performed a systematic review referring to 49 national publications from all search indexes of BVS-Psi. An increase in Positive Psychology production was observed, involving the study of diverse constructs such as life quality, coping and resilience and well-being, as well as studies on the construction and adaptation of instruments to assessing them. 34 constructs and 67 instruments were identified, though there was a prevalence of studies focused on eight constructs and eleven instruments.