Handbook of Positive Psychology

PART I: INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; 1. Positive psychology, positive prevention, and positive therapy; PART II: IDENTIFYING STRENGTHS; 2. Stopping the "madness": positive psychology and the deconstruction of the illness ideology and the DSM; 3. Widening the diagnostic focus: a case for including human strengths and environmental resources; 4. Toward a science of mental health: positive directions in diagnosis and interventions; PART III: EMOTION-FOCUSED APPROACHES; 5. Subjective well-being: the science of happiness and life satisfaction; 6. Resilience in development; 7. The concept of flow; 8. Positive affectivity: the disposition to experience pleasurable emotional states; 9. Positive emotions; 10. The social construction of self-esteem; 11. The adaptive potential of coping through emotional approach; 12. The positive psychology of emotional intelligence; 13. Emotional creativity: toward "spiritualizing the passions"; PART IV: COGNITIVE-FOCUSED APPROACHES; 14. Creativity; 15. The role of personal control in adaptive functioning; 16. Well-being: mindfulness vs. positive evaluation; 17. Optimism; 18. Optimistic explanatory style; 19. Hope theory: a member of the positive psychology family; 20. Self efficacy: the power of believing you can; 21. Problem-solving appraisal and psychological adjustment; 22. Setting goals for life and happiness; 23. The passion to know: a developmental perspective; 24. Wisdom: its structure and function in regulating successful lifespan development; PART V: SELF-BASED APPROACHES; 25. Reality negotiation; 26. The truth about illusions: authenticity and positivity in social relationships; 27. Authenticity; 28. Uniqueness seeking; 29. Humility; PART VI: INTERPERSONAL APPROACHES; 30. Relationship connection: the role of minding in the enhancement of closeness; 31. Compassion; 32. The psychology of forgiveness; 33. Gratitude and the science of positive psychology; 34. Love; 35. Empathy and altruism; 36. How we become moral: the sources of moral motivation; PART VII: BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES; 37. Toughness; 38. A role for neuropsychology in understanding the facilitating influence of positive affect on social behaviour and cognitive processes; 39. From social structure to biology: integrative science in pursuit of human health and well-being; 40. Toward a biology of social support; PART VIII: SPECIFIC COPING APPROACHES; 41. Sharing one's story: on the benefits of writing or talking about emotional experience; 42. Benefit-finding and benefit-reminding; 43. Positive responses to loss: perceiving benefits and growth; 44. The pursuit of meaningfulness in life; 45. Humor; 46. Meditation and positive psychology; 47. Spirituality: discovering and conserving the sacred; PART IX: SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND SETTINGS; 48. Positive psychology for children: development, prevention, and promotion; 49. Ageing well: outlook for the 21st Century; 50. Positive growth following acquired physical disability; 51. Putting positive psychology in a multicultural context; 52. Positive psychology at work; PART X: THE FUTURE OF THE FIELD; 53. Positive ethics; 54. Constructivism and positive psychology; 55. The future of positive psychology: a declaration of independence