An Example of the Interpreting of Folklore Texts with Positive Psychology Concepts: Lullabies about Love /Folklor Metinlerini Pozitif Psikoloji Kavramlarıyla Yorumlamada Bir Örnek: Sevgi Konulu Ninniler
Positive psychology seeks to help people to have positive experiences throughout their lives while protecting their mental health through behaviours that improve their subjective well-being. Lullabies are oral culture products presented in early childhood, and their short but rich content serves...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cyprus International University
2022-11-01
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Series: | Folklor/Edebiyat |
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Online Access: | https://www.folkloredebiyat.org/Makaleler/883372299_4.%20Sibel%20Tuna%20Ninni%20%20.pdf |
Summary: | Positive psychology seeks to help people to have positive experiences throughout
their lives while protecting their mental health through behaviours that improve
their subjective well-being. Lullabies are oral culture products presented in early
childhood, and their short but rich content serves as language-culture carriers and
memory transmitters. Lullabies are a genre with an ancient love feeling and the
value of universal love, both which have survived to present day. The study’s
objective is to examine love-themed lullabies, one of the anonymous folk literature
genres, in the context of psychology and literature, using positive psychology
principles. The study also intends to explain the results using functional theory,
one of the folklore theories, as an example of interdisciplinary research and
contribution to the literature. The study’s research questions in this respect are
“What are the positive impacts of love-themed lullabies on human life and spirit?”
and “What are their roles in this context?” The “hermeneutic” and “basic qualitative
research” designs were employed in the study since the texts will be handled
using fundamental positive psychology concepts. Lullabies were interpreted for
the themes of happiness, subjective well-being, and secure attachment, which
created the framework of the thematic setting based on positive psychology expert
opinions. According to positive psychology, love-themed lullabies are essential in
maintaining one’s mental health and happiness, which is vital to positive childhood experiences. Thus, love-themed lullabies support positive psychology for clinical
applications in a “metaphorical sense”. As a result, oral folk literature genres such
as fairy tales and legends may be examined using positive psychology principles. |
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ISSN: | 1300-7491 2791-6057 |