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Research, Applications, and Interventions for Children and Adolescents A Positive Psychology Perspective /

This book presents recent positive psychological research, applications and interventions being used among adolescents and children. Currently there is a wave of change occurring whereby educators, and others working with children and adolescents, are beginning to recognize the benefits of looking a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Proctor, Carmel. (Editor), Linley, P. Alex. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Subjects:
Philosophy (General).
Quality of Life.
Educational psychology.
Quality of Life > Research.
Psychology.
Positive Psychology.
Quality of Life Research.
Educational Psychology.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6398-2
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Anthony Seldon
  • Chapter 1. Surveying the Landscape of Positive Psychology and Adolescents; P. Alex Linley and Carmel Proctor
  • Part I. Strengths and Well-Being
  • Chapter 2. The Importance of Good Character; Carmel Proctor
  • Chapter 3. Assessment and Promotion of Life Satisfaction in Youth; E. Scott Huebner, Kimberly J. Hills and Xu Jiang
  • Chapter 4. Promoting Hope Among Youth: Theory, Research, and Practice; Lisa M. Edwards and Jessica B. McClintock
  • Part II. Interventions and Applications
  • Chapter 5. Flourishing Among Children and Adolescents: Structure and Correlates of Positive Mental Health, and Interventions for its Enhancement; Andrew J. Howell, Corey L.M. Keyes and Holli-Anne Passmore
  • Chapter 6. Assessment of Character Strengths in Children and Adolescents; Tayyab Rashid, Afroze Anjum, Denise Quinlan, Ryan M. Niemiec, Donna Mayerson and Fahim Kazemi
  • Chapter 7. Gratitude Intervention in Adolescence and Youth Adulthood; Nathaniel Lambert and Amanda Veldorale-Brogan
  • Part III. Family, Friends, and Community
  • Chapter 8. Parent-Child Relationships and Well-Being; Shannon M. Suldo and Sarah A. Fefer
  • Chapter 9. Peer Relations; B. Bradford Brown and Michael T. Braun
  • Chapter 10. The Emotional Warmth Approach to Professional Child-Care: Positive Psychology and Highly Vulnerable Children in our Society; Colin Maggin and R.J. Seǹ Cameron
  • Part IV. Positive Education
  • Chapter 11. A Place for Happiness in the Classroom?; Ian Morris
  • Chapter 12. Positive Education, or Just Education; Hans Henrik Knoop
  • Chapter 13. Enhancing Well-Being in Adolescents: Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology Interventions in Schools; Lisa Suzanne Green and Paula Robinson
  • Part V. Positive Youth Development: Practice, Policy, and Law
  • Chapter 14. Sociomoral Development for Behaviorally At-Risk Youth: Mac's Group Meeting; John C. Gibbs, Granville Bud Potter and Anne-Marie DiBiase.- Chapter 15. Positive Youth Development in Organized Programs: How Teens Learn to Manage Emotion; Nathalie Rusk, Reed W. Larson, Marcela Raffealli, Kathrin Walker, LaTesha Washington, Vanessa Gutierrez, Hyeyoung Kang, Steve Tran, and Stephen Cole Perry
  • Chapter 16. Legal Foundations of Adolescents' Rights and Positive Youth Development; Roger J.R. Leveseque. .

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