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Positive Psychology : Established and Emerging Issues / Dana S. Dunn.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Frontiers of Social PsychologyPublisher: London : Taylor and Francis, 2017Edition: First editionContent type:
  • text
ISBN:
  • 9781138698666
  • 1138698660
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 150.1988 DUN 23
LOC classification:
  • BF204.6
Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Contributing Authors; Preface; 1 Putting Positive Psychology into Perspective; PART I: Positive institutional Perspectives and new Directions; 2 Subjective Well-Being: Payoffs of Being Happy and Ways to Promote Happiness; 3 Positive Emotions and Well-Being; 4 Savoring: A Positive Emotion Amplifier; 5 Spending Money Well; 6 Side by Side: How Merely Being with a Close Other Can Enhance Well-Being; PART II: Positive Traits and states; 7 Mindfulness; 8 Optimism, Health, and Well-Being; 9 Forgiveness and Well-Being.
10 Courage, Courageous Acts, and Positive PsychologyPART III: Positive institutional Perspectives and new Directions; 11 Positive Psychology in the Workplace: The Important Role of Psychological Capital (PsyCap); 12 Applying Principles of Positive Psychology to Student Success and Well-Being: Enabling all Students to Thrive; 13 Existential Meaning in Life and Positive Psychological Functioning; 14 A Positive Psychology for Disability and Rehabilitation: Some Recent Advances; 15 Toward a Positive Psychology of Single Life; 16 Positive Psychology Interventions: Clinical Applications.
17 Self-Determination and Positive Psychological Aspects of Social Psychology18 Applied Positive Psychology: Facilitating Multidimensional Flourishing; Index.
Scope and content: "This volume is a comprehensive review of theoretical and empirical contributions to positive psychology. It provides a scientific understanding of how human strengths help people psychologically and physically, showing how stressful circumstances do not inexorably lead to negative prognoses. It examines how individuals confront challenges, appreciate others, and regard daily experiences as meaningful. Many of the chapters also challenge the negative, disease-model approach that dominates much of the research concerning health and well-being. Chapters also address applications and future directions for the field. The broad scope makes it a key resource for undergraduates, graduates, researchers, and practitioners in social, clinical, and positive psychology."--Provided by publisher.
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Standard Loan Clonmel Library Main Collection 150.1988 DUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39002100639179

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This volume is a comprehensive review of theoretical and empirical contributions to positive psychology. It provides a scientific understanding of how human strengths help people psychologically and physically, showing how stressful circumstances do not inexorably lead to negative prognoses. It examines how individuals confront challenges, appreciate others, and regard daily experiences as meaningful. Many of the chapters also challenge the negative, disease-model approach that dominates much of the research concerning health and well-being. Chapters also address applications and future directions for the field. The broad scope makes it a key resource for undergraduates, graduates, researchers, and practitioners in social, clinical, and positive psychology.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Contributing Authors; Preface; 1 Putting Positive Psychology into Perspective; PART I: Positive institutional Perspectives and new Directions; 2 Subjective Well-Being: Payoffs of Being Happy and Ways to Promote Happiness; 3 Positive Emotions and Well-Being; 4 Savoring: A Positive Emotion Amplifier; 5 Spending Money Well; 6 Side by Side: How Merely Being with a Close Other Can Enhance Well-Being; PART II: Positive Traits and states; 7 Mindfulness; 8 Optimism, Health, and Well-Being; 9 Forgiveness and Well-Being.

10 Courage, Courageous Acts, and Positive PsychologyPART III: Positive institutional Perspectives and new Directions; 11 Positive Psychology in the Workplace: The Important Role of Psychological Capital (PsyCap); 12 Applying Principles of Positive Psychology to Student Success and Well-Being: Enabling all Students to Thrive; 13 Existential Meaning in Life and Positive Psychological Functioning; 14 A Positive Psychology for Disability and Rehabilitation: Some Recent Advances; 15 Toward a Positive Psychology of Single Life; 16 Positive Psychology Interventions: Clinical Applications.

17 Self-Determination and Positive Psychological Aspects of Social Psychology18 Applied Positive Psychology: Facilitating Multidimensional Flourishing; Index.

"This volume is a comprehensive review of theoretical and empirical contributions to positive psychology. It provides a scientific understanding of how human strengths help people psychologically and physically, showing how stressful circumstances do not inexorably lead to negative prognoses. It examines how individuals confront challenges, appreciate others, and regard daily experiences as meaningful. Many of the chapters also challenge the negative, disease-model approach that dominates much of the research concerning health and well-being. Chapters also address applications and future directions for the field. The broad scope makes it a key resource for undergraduates, graduates, researchers, and practitioners in social, clinical, and positive psychology."--Provided by publisher.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Contributing Authors (p. xi)
  • Preface (p. xiii)
  • 1 Putting Positive Psychology into Perspective (p. 1)
  • Part I Positive Institutional Perspectives and New Directions (p. 7)
  • 2 Subjective Weil-Being: Payoffs of Being Happy and Ways to Promote Happiness (p. 9)
  • 3 Positive Emotions and Well-Being (p. 29)
  • 4 Savoring: A Positive Emotion Amplifier (p. 46)
  • 5 Spending Money Well (p. 61)
  • 6 Side by Side: How Merely Being with a Close Other Can Enhance Well-Being (p. 80)
  • Part II Positive Traits and States (p. 95)
  • 7 Mindfulness (p. 97)
  • 8 Optimism, Health, and Well-Being (p. 112)
  • 9 Forgiveness and Well-Being (p. 131)
  • 10 Courage, Courageous Acts, and Positive Psychology (p. 153)
  • Part III Positive Institutional Perspectives and New Directions (p. 169)
  • 11 Positive Psychology in the Workplace: The Important Role of Psychological Capital (PsyCap) (p. 171)
  • 12 Applying Principles of Positive Psychology to Student Success and Well-being: Enabling all Students to Thrive (p. 197)
  • 13 Existential Meaning in Life and Positive Psychological Functioning (p. 220)
  • 14 A Positive Psychology for Disability and Rehabilitation: Some Recent Advances (p. 236)
  • 15 Toward a Positive Psychology of Single Life (p. 251)
  • 16 Positive Psychology Interventions: Clinical Applications (p. 276)
  • 17 Self-Determination and Positive Psychological Aspects of Social Psychology (p. 298)
  • 18 Applied Positive Psychology: Facilitating Multidimensional Flourishing (p. 317)
  • Index (p. 339)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dana S. Dunn is Professor of Psychology at Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His research interests include the social psychology of disability and the scholarship of teaching and learning. He is the author of over 150 articles, chapters, and book reviews, and author or editor of over 30 books.

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