Emotional disorders are one of the common factors that currently affect the psychological development of adolescents. Amount of studies about emotional issues of adolescents have been done based on positive psychology, and have achieved some certain effect. This article primarily introduces the current situation of emotional disorders in adolescents. It provides a detailed explanation and summary of positive psychology in terms of theory and methods. It analyzes and summarizes the empirical research on positive psychological interventions for adolescent emotional disorders both at home and abroad. Based on this, it explores the future development direction of positive psychological interventions in the field of adolescent emotional disorders, providing a reference for the further improvement of intervention models for adolescents with emotional disorders.

Xiang Li, Yingyi Liu, Xuemei Li. Research progress on psychological interventions for adolescent emotional disorders from the perspective of positive psychology. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 5: 20-24. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2024.070504.

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