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Taylor and Francis Positive Psychological Science Improving Everyday Life Well-Being Work Education And Societies Across The Globe 2020 Edition by Stewart I. Donaldson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jeanne Nakamura
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. Series ForewordJeanette N. Cleveland and Donald TruxilloChapter 1 - Theory-driven Positive Psychological Science: A Global Perspective STEWART I. DONALDSONPart I - Foundations of Positive Psychological ScienceChapter 2 - National Accounts of Well-Being for Public PolicyJessica Kansky Ed DienerChapter 3 - Cultivating Positive Emotions to Enhance Human FlourishingTAYLOR N. WEST and BARBARA L. FREDRICKSON Chapter 4 - The Science of Positive Relationships and LoveSAEIDEH HESHMATI and STEWART I. DONALDSONChapter 5 - The Importance of Purpose: Theory, Research, & Application KENDALL COTTON BRONK Chapter 6 - Contexts of Positive Adult Development: Mentoring as an ExampleJEANNE NAKAMURAPart II. The Science of Positive Work & OrganizationsChapter 7 - Advances in the Science of Positive Work & OrganizationsSTEWART I. DONALDSON, SCOTT I. DONALDSON, & IA KOChapter 8 - Prosocial Practices, Positive Identity, and Flourishing at WorkJANE E. DUTTON, LAURA MORGAN ROBERTS, and JEFF BEDNARChapter 9 - Effects of Virtuous Leadership on Organizational PerformanceKIM S. CAMERONPart III. The Science of Positive EducationChapter 10 - Gallup Student Poll: Measuring and Promoting What is Right with StudentsVALERIE J. CALDERON and SHANE J. LOPEZChapter 11- Education in 2035: How Positive Psychology can Revitalize EducationHANS HENRIK KNOOPChapter 12- How National Surveys of Well-being can Stimulate Education PracticeHANS HENRIK KNOOPPart IV. Evidence-based InterventionsChapter 13 - Positive Activity Interventions Targeted to Improve Depressive Symptoms Jin H. Wen, Sonja Lyubomirsky, & Nancy L. SinChapter 14 - Using Positive Psychological Science to Design and Evaluate InterventionsSTEWART I. DONALDSONChapter 15 Positive Psychology and a Positive Worldview: New Hope for the Future of HumankindMIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI