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Positive Psychology in Practice: Promoting Human Flourishing in Work, Health, Education, and Everyday Life 2nd edition


Positive Psychology in Practice: Promoting Human Flourishing in Work, Health, Education, and Everyday Life 2nd edition

Hardback by Joseph, Stephen (University of Nottingham)

Positive Psychology in Practice: Promoting Human Flourishing in Work, Health, Education, and Everyday Life

£98.95

ISBN:
9781118756935
Publication Date:
26 May 2015
Edition/language:
2nd edition / English
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pages:
896 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 - 29 May 2024
Positive Psychology in Practice: Promoting Human Flourishing in Work, Health, Education, and Everyday Life

Description

The best minds in positive psychology survey the state of the field Positive Psychology in Practice, Second Edition moves beyond the theoretical to show how positive psychology is being used in real-world settings, and the new directions emerging in the field. An international team of contributors representing the best and brightest in the discipline review the latest research, discuss how the findings are being used in practice, explore new ideas for application, and discuss focus points for future research. This updated edition contains new chapters that explore the intersection between positive psychology and humanistic psychology, salugenesis, hedonism, and eudaimonism, and more, with deep discussion of how the field is integrating with the new areas of self-help, life coaching, social work, rehabilitation psychology, and recovery-oriented service systems. This book explores the challenges and opportunities in the field, providing readers with the latest research and consensus on practical application. Get up to date on the latest research and practice findings Integrate positive psychology into assessments, life coaching, and other therapies Learn how positive psychology is being used in schools Explore possible directions for new research to push the field forward Positive psychology is being used in areas as diverse as clinical, counseling, forensic, health, educational, and industrial/organizational settings, in a wide variety of interventions and applications. Psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to promote human flourishing and well-being will find the second edition of Positive Psychology in Practice to be an informative, comprehensive guide.

Contents

Preface xi Acknowledgments xv 1 Applied Positive Psychology 10 Years On 1 Stephen Joseph Part I Historical and Philosophical Foundations 2 Historical, Philosophical, and Epistemological Perspectives 9 Hilde Eileen Nafstad 3 Building Bridges Between Humanistic and Positive Psychology 31 Brent Dean Robbins 4 Existential Dimensions of Positive Psychology 47 Roger Bretherton 5 The Salutogenic Paradigm 61 Shifra Sagy, Monica Eriksson, and Orna Braun-Lewensohn Part II Values and Choices In Pursuit of the Good Life 6 The Science of Values in the Culture of Consumption 83 Tim Kasser 7 Values and Well-Being 103 Lilach Sagiv, Sonia Roccas, and Shani Oppenheim-Weller 8 The Paradox of Choice 121 Barry Schwartz 9 A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on Fostering Healthy Self-Regulation From within and without 139 Kirk Warren Brown and Richard M. Ryan 10 The Complementary Roles of Eudaimonia and Hedonia and How They Can Be Pursued in Practice 159 Veronika Huta Part III Practices for Health and Well-Being 11 The Prospects, Practices, and Prescriptions for the Pursuit of Happiness 185 Kristin Layous, Kennon M. Sheldon, and Sonja Lyubomirsky 12 Putting Positive Psychology Into Motion Through Physical Activity 207 Guy Faulkner, Kate Hefferon, and Nanette Mutrie 13 Balancing Time Perspective in Pursuit of Optimal Functioning 223 Ilona Boniwell and Philip G. Zimbardo 14 Putting Positive Psychology Into Practice via Self-Help 237 Acacia C. Parks 15 Positive Psychology and Life Coaching 249 Margarita Tarragona Part IV Methods and Processes of Teaching and Learning 16 Different Approaches to Teaching Positive Psychology 267 Amy C. Fineburg and Andrew Monk 17 Positively Transforming Classroom Practice Through Dialogic Teaching 279 Alina Reznitskaya and Ian A. G. Wilkinson 18 Teaching Well-Being and Resilience in Primary and Secondary School 297 Chieko Kibe and Ilona Boniwell 19 Cultivating Adolescents' Motivation 313 Reed W. Larson and Nickki Pearce Dawes Part V Positive Psychology at Work 20 Bringing Positive Psychology to Organizational Psychology 329 Sarah Lewis 21 Improving Follower Well-Being with Transformational Leadership 341 Heather M. Clarke, Kara A. Arnold, and Catherine E. Connelly 22 Applications of Positive Approaches in Organizations 357 Jane Henry 23 Leadership Coaching and Positive Psychology 377 Carol Kauffman, Stephen Joseph, and Anne Scoular Part VI Health, Clinical, Counseling, and Rehabilitation 24 Complementary Strengths of Health Psychology and Positive Psychology 393 John M. Salsman and Judith T. Moskowitz 25 Deconstructing the Illness Ideology and Constructing an Ideology of Human Strengths and Potential in Clinical Psychology 411 James E. Maddux and Shane J. Lopez 26 The Relationship Between Counseling Psychology and Positive Psychology 429 Andreas Vossler, Edith Steffen, and Stephen Joseph 27 Positive Psychology in Rehabilitation Psychology Research and Practice 443 Claudio Peter, Szilvia Geyh, Dawn M. Ehde, Rachel Müller, and Mark P. Jensen Part VII Contexts of Clinical Practice 28 Clinical Applications of Well-Being Therapy 463 Chiara Ruini and Giovanni A. Fava 29 Strategies for Accentuating Hope 483 Jeana L. Magyar-Moe and Shane J. Lopez 30 Clinical Applications of Posttraumatic Growth 503 Richard G. Tedeschi, Lawrence G. Calhoun, and Jessica M. Groleau 31 Strength-Based Assessment 519 Tayyab Rashid Part VIII Inner Resources and Positive Development Across the Life Span 32 The Ability Model of Emotional Intelligence 545 David R. Caruso, Peter Salovey, Marc Brackett, and John D. Mayer 33 The Power and Practice of Gratitude 559 Giacomo Bono, Mikki Krakauer, and Jeffrey J. Froh 34 Wisdom-Related Knowledge Across the Life Span 577 Ute Kunzmann and Stefanie Thomas 35 Positive Aging 595 George E. Vaillant Part IX Building Community Through Integration and Regeneration 36 Psychological and Relational Resources in the Experience of Disability and Caregiving 615 Antonella Delle Fave, Andrea Fianco, and Raffaela D. G. Sartori 37 Good Lives and the Rehabilitation of Sex Offenders 635 Clare-Ann Fortune, Tony Ward, and Ruth Mann 38 Facilitating Forgiveness Using Group and Community Interventions 659 Frank D. Fincham 39 The Interface Between Positive Psychology and Social Work in Theory and Practice 681 Rachel Dekel and Orit Taubman-Ben-Ari 40 Building Recovery-Oriented Service Systems Through Positive Psychology 695 Sandra G. Resnick and Meaghan A. Leddy Part X Public Policy and Systems for Resilience and Social Planning 41 Balancing Individuality and Community in Public Policy 713 David G. Myers 42 Happiness as a Priority in Public Policy 731 Ruut Veenhoven 43 Positive Social Planning 751 Neil Thin 44 Resilience Theory and the Practice of Positive Psychology From Individuals to Societies 773 Tuppett M. Yates, Fanita A. Tyrell, and Ann S. Masten Part XI Signposts for the Practice of Positive Psychology 45 The Role of Embodiment in Optimal Functioning 791 Kate Hefferon 46 The Uneasy-and Necessary-Role of the Negative in Positive Psychology 807 Brian G. Pauwels 47 The Future of Positive Psychology in Practice 823 Stephen Joseph About the Editor 829 Contributors 831 Author Index 835 Subject Index 859

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