Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
