The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of positive psychological interventions

The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of positive psychological interventions / edited by Acacia C. Parks, Stephen M. Schueller.

Collating for the first time a range of techniques in positive psychology, this handbook introduces topics such as courage, empathy and humor, and spans areas as diverse as gratitude & forgiveness. It also explores special considerations such as ethics and motivation, and offers informed conject...

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Other Authors: Parks, Acacia C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.
Subjects:
Positive psychology > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Psychotherapy > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
PSYCHOLOGY > Reference.
Positive psychology
Psychotherapy
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of contributors
  • Preface
  • Established areas of intervention
  • Gratitude interventions : a review and future agenda / Tara Lomas, Jeffrey J. Froh, Robert A. Emmons, Anjali Mishra, and Giacomo Bono
  • Positive psychological interventions for promoting forgiveness : history, present status, and future prospects / Everett L. Worthington Jr., Nathaniel G. Wade, and William T. Hoyt
  • Nurturing the capacity to savor : interventions to enhance the enjoyment of positive experiences / Jennifer L. Smith, Patrick R. Harrison, Jaime L. Kurtz, and Fred B. Bryant
  • Promoting meaning and purpose in life / Joo Yeon Shin and Michael F. Steger
  • Empathy-related interventions / Mark H. Davis and Ena Begovic
  • New and emerging areas of intervention
  • Creativity as a target and tool for positive intervention / Marie J.C. Forgeard and Katherine V. Eichner
  • Do good things come to those who wait? patience interventions to improve well-being / Sarah A. Schnitker and Justin T. Westbrook
  • Courage interventions : future directions and cautions / Cynthia Pury, Charles Starkey, Chad Breeden, Christie Kelley, Hannah Murphy, and Arden Lowndes
  • Humor intervention programs / Willibald Ruch and Paul E. McGhee
  • Enacting flow and student engagement in the college classroom / David J. Shernoff and Brett Anderson
  • Positive education and teaching for wisdom / Michel Ferrari and Christine E. Guthrie
  • Areas of application
  • Positive family therapy interventions / Collie W. Conoley, Jane Close Conoley, and Marla E. Pontrelli
  • Applications of positive psychology to individual therapy / Jeana L. Magyar-Moe
  • Evidence-based coaching as a positive psychology intervention / Suzy Green and Gordon B. Spence
  • Online positive psychological interventions : state of the art and future directions / Linda Bolier and Katherina Martin Abello
  • Resilience interventions for youth / Amy Kranzler, Lindsay Liotta, and Jane Gillham
  • Positive social identity interventions : finding a conduit for well-being in stigmatized group memberships / Thomas C. Ball and Michelle R. Nario-Redmond
  • Adapting a positive psychology intervention for people with chizophrenia / Piper S. Meyer
  • Adapting positive psychology for smoking cessation / Anne M. Day, Elise M. Clerkin, Nichea S. Spillane, and Christopher W. Kahler
  • Special considerations
  • Making happiness last : using the hedonic adaptation model to extend the success of positive interventions / Katherine Jacobs Bao and Sonja Lyubomirsky
  • Person-activity fit in positive psychology interventions / Stephen M. Schueller
  • Taking culture into account with positive psychological interventions / Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti
  • Dovetailing ethical practice and postitive psychology to promote integrity, industriousness, innovation, and impact / Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick
  • Beyond life satisfaction: a scientific approach to well-being gives us much more to measure / Jos L. Duarte
  • Positive psychology interventions and self-perceptions : a cautionary tale? / Kasley M. Killam and Young-Hoon Kim
  • Act well to be well : the promise of changing personality states to promote well-being / Laura E.R. Blackie, Ann Marie Roepke, Marie J.C. Forgeard, Eranda Jayawickreme, and William Fleeson
  • Index.

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