성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 정신과학교실
Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Recent developments in neuroscience and genetics have suggested that there are biological bases in the field of positive psychology as well as pathology-oriented psychology and neuropsychiatry. However, psychologists, psychiatrists, and scientists have little knowledges of the biological process by which happiness, well-being, optimism, positive individual traits make people endure stress and enjoy better life. The author provides an outline of neuroscientific and genetic researches on the elements of positive psychology. (Korean J Str Res 2007;15:221∼225)