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Positive psychology : theory, research and applications / Kate Hefferon and Ilona Boniwell.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2011.Description: xiii, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0335241948 (hb)
  • 9780335241941 (hb)
  • 9780335241958
  • 0335241956
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150.1988 22
LOC classification:
  • BF204.6 .H44 2011
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction to Positive Psychology -- 2.Understanding Emotions -- 3.Happiness and Subjective Wellbeing across Nations -- 4.Eudaimonic Wellbeing -- 5.Optimism, Explanatory Style and Hope -- 6.Resilience, Post-traumatic Growth and Positive Ageing -- 7.Values, Motivation and Goal Theories -- 8.Positive Psychological Interventions -- 9.The Body in Positive Psychology -- 10.Applying Positive Psychology -- 11.Summing Up Positive Psychology.
Summary: "This new textbook combines a breadth of information about positive psychology with reflective questions, critical commentary and up to date research. It is written in a witty, engaging and contemporary manner and includes: personal development exercises to help you meld together research and application, mock essay questions to get essay writing going, think about it boxes to get you thinking about the concepts and theories discussed, experiments boxes giving you most influential positive psychology experiments to date, suggested resources guiding you where to go next, measurement tools presenting popular positive psychology tools, time out boxes on key issues, concepts and thinkers, chapter summaries to help you check their understanding, review questions to enhance your learning. Positive Psychology is key reading for students taking modules in positive psychology and well-being, and will also be of interest to students of applied, coaching and sports psychology, as well as psychologists, coaches, counsellors and researchers interested in this burgeoning field."--Publisher's website.
List(s) this item appears in: SC7321- Narrative Therapy/Positive Psychology | SC7325- Narrative Therapy and Positive Counselling
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-259) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction to Positive Psychology -- 2.Understanding Emotions -- 3.Happiness and Subjective Wellbeing across Nations -- 4.Eudaimonic Wellbeing -- 5.Optimism, Explanatory Style and Hope -- 6.Resilience, Post-traumatic Growth and Positive Ageing -- 7.Values, Motivation and Goal Theories -- 8.Positive Psychological Interventions -- 9.The Body in Positive Psychology -- 10.Applying Positive Psychology -- 11.Summing Up Positive Psychology.

"This new textbook combines a breadth of information about positive psychology with reflective questions, critical commentary and up to date research. It is written in a witty, engaging and contemporary manner and includes: personal development exercises to help you meld together research and application, mock essay questions to get essay writing going, think about it boxes to get you thinking about the concepts and theories discussed, experiments boxes giving you most influential positive psychology experiments to date, suggested resources guiding you where to go next, measurement tools presenting popular positive psychology tools, time out boxes on key issues, concepts and thinkers, chapter summaries to help you check their understanding, review questions to enhance your learning. Positive Psychology is key reading for students taking modules in positive psychology and well-being, and will also be of interest to students of applied, coaching and sports psychology, as well as psychologists, coaches, counsellors and researchers interested in this burgeoning field."--Publisher's website.

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