International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA)

Positive psychology is an exciting field of inquiry that has captured the interest of scholars and researchers, practitioners, and students around the world. This burgeoning area of psychology focuses on the study and practice of the positive emotions, strengths, and virtues that make individuals and institutions - all of humanity - thrive.

The International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), founded in 2007, is a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization in the United States with an international membership network of thousands of academics and educators, scientists and researchers, clinicians and therapists, coaches, students and others from more than 70 countries around the world.

Mission:
To promote, facilitate, and share the science of positive psychology around the world.

For more than a decade, the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) has been promoting the benefits of positive psychology to the world. In fact, they have a three-part mission focused on helping the field thrive:
• To promote the science of positive psychology and its research-based applications.
• To facilitate collaboration among researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners of positive psychology around the world and across academic disciplines.
• To share the findings of positive psychology with the broadest possible audience.
Vision:
International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) vision now and the future of IPPA is one that integrates positive psychology activities around the world. They collaborate with and support other organizations and the thousands of researchers and practitioners who are working in the field of positive psychology around the world.