Positive psychology research in the balance

Abstract

The current study aimed to measure the quality of positive psychology research within the framework of a systematic review of some specialized Arab publishing outlets listed within three Arab national portals: (the Egyptian periodicals portal, the Algerian scientific journals platform, and the Iraqi scientific academic journals platform). Using analyze the content of (520) research, studies and scientific articles, which were randomly selected and published in (34) peer-reviewed scientific journals and periodicals in the field of psychological and educational sciences, and based on a scale for evaluating research published or submitted for publication in a professional journal by Khattab (2008). The results indicated that (25) indicators were achieved to a large degree, and (55) indicators were achieved to a moderate degree, while no indicator achieved a small degree.