Positive Psychological Science

Improving Everyday Life, Well-Being, Work, Education, and Societies Across the Globe
2. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-30229-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 446 g

Reihe: Applied Psychology Series

Positive psychological science has experienced extraordinary growth over the past two decades. Research in this area is revealing new strategies and interventions for improving everyday life, health and well-being, work, education, and societies across the globe. Contributions from luminaries in the field provide excellent reviews of the selected topics, summarizing empirical evidence, describing measurement tools, and offering recommendations for improving many aspects of our lives.

Comprehensively updated, this second edition not only incorporates the more recent empirical findings; three new chapters on relationships and love, the importance of purpose, and the stimulation of education practice have been added. Focused on peer-reviewed and theory-driven psychological science, this book uniquely establishes a bridge between the intellectual movement for positive psychology and how it works in the real world. This collection of chapters will inspire the reader to creatively find new opportunities to better the human condition, whether these are in our lives, schools, health care settings, or workplaces.

This book will be of interest to all psychologists and social scientists, applied researchers, program designers and evaluators, educators, leaders, students, and anyone interested in applying the science of positive psychology to improve everyday life and/or to promote social betterment and justice locally and globally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Donaldson, Stewart I.

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly

Nakamura, Jeanne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editors

List of Contributors

Series Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 - Theory-driven Positive Psychological Science: A Global Perspective

Part I - Foundations of Positive Psychological Science

Chapter 2 - National Accounts of Well-Being for Public Policy

Chapter 3 - Cultivating Positive Emotions to Enhance Human Flourishing

Chapter 4 – The Science of Positive Relationships and Love

Chapter 5 - The Importance of Purpose: Theory, Research, & Application

Chapter 6 - Contexts of Positive Adult Development: Mentoring as an Example

Part II. The Science of Positive Work & Organizations

Chapter 7 – Advances in the Science of Positive Work & Organizations

Chapter 8 – Prosocial Practices, Positive Identity, and Flourishing at Work

Chapter 9 - Effects of Virtuous Leadership on Organizational Performance

Part III. The Science of Positive Education

Chapter 10 - Gallup Student Poll: Measuring and Promoting What is Right with Students

Chapter 11- Education in 2035: How Positive Psychology can Revitalize Education

Chapter 12- How National Surveys of Well-being can Stimulate Education Practice

Part IV. Evidence-based Interventions

Chapter 13 - Positive Activity Interventions Targeted to Improve Depressive Symptoms

Chapter 14 - Using Positive Psychological Science to Design and Evaluate Interventions

Chapter 15 - Positive Psychology and a Positive Worldview: New Hope for the Future of Humankind

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stewart I. Donaldson is Distinguished University Professor, Executive Director of the Claremont Evaluation Center, and Director of The Evaluators’ Institute at Claremont Graduate University.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University. He is also the founder and co-director of the Quality of Life Research Center at Claremont Graduate University.

Jeanne Nakamura is Associate Professor in the Division of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University. She co-directs the Quality of Life Research Center at Claremont Graduate University.