Handbook of positive psychology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Snyder, C. R., Lopez, Shane J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Subjective well-being: the science of happiness and life satisfaction
  • Resilience in development
  • The social construction of self-esteem
  • The adaptive value of coping through emotional approach
  • The positive psychology of emotional intelligence
  • Creativity
  • Hope theory: a member of the positive psychology family
  • Wisdom: its structure and function in regulating successful life span development
  • Humility
  • Compassion
  • The psychology of forgiveness
  • Love
  • Empathy and altruism
  • How we become moral: the sources of moral motivation
  • Toughness
  • Sharing one's story: on the benefits of writing or talking about emotional experience
  • Positive responses to loss: perceiving benefits and growth
  • Humor
  • Meditation and positive psychology
  • Spirituality: discovering and conserving the sacred
  • Positive psychology for children: development, prevention, and promotion
  • Aging well: outlook for the 21st century
  • Positive growth following acquired physical disability
  • Putting positive psychology in a multicultural context
  • Positive psychology at work
  • Positive ethics.