Positive psychology is a movement born in the United States in the late 90s. Its authorship is attributed to the psychologist Martin Seligman. It was he who in 1998, was president of the American Psychological Association, issued a proclamation stating that psychology, like medicine or other areas, should aim not only to try to mitigate the negative or reducing human suffering but also to promote welfare. In Spain rapidly emerged followers positive psychology. Perhaps the greatest of these is Professor Carmelo Vazquez.

"A good life is one in which one is able to perform some of their potential. I hardly think that our predisposition to happiness has no value, if you get a sense in evolution."

This movement affected various areas of psychology to promote research on the strengths and positive aspects of being human. Under the name of backbone Positive Psychology is an approach to psychological research in which the focus is to integrate the study of human strengths, positive emotions and, ultimately, welfare. In this new drive are economists, philosophers, social scientists and medicine, bringing together efforts until now scattered and lacking a theoretical structure.

This company may seem utopian or weighed down by moral or philosophical values but there is a stubborn anchor interest in mastering more rigorous research because it is that we can respond to something so central to our lives: how good and how we can use those gifts to build good lives and make a better world.