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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Pressman, Sarah D. (Editor), Parks, Acacia C. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washinton, DC : American Psychological Association, [2025]
Subjects:	Positive psychology. Social psychology. Psychologie positive. Psychologie sociale. social psychology. PSYCHOLOGY / Education & Training Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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Preface
Part I. Living the Research: Positive Psychology Methods, Applications, and Critical Analysis in the Classroom
Chapter 1. Conversational Pods: Enriching the Learning of Positive Psychology Through Dialogue and Connection
Margarita Tarragona
Chapter 2. Authentic Embodied Positive Emotions: An Experiential Introduction to the Broaden-and-Build Theory
Patty Van Cappellen and Barbara L. Fredrickson
Chapter 3. Duchenne Smiles
Windows to the Soul
Kennon M. Sheldon
Chapter 4. Exploring Language as an Unobtrusive Measure of Positive Psychosocial Characteristics
Peggy L. Kern
Chapter 5. How Can Life Stories Provide Insights for Positive Psychology?
Jordan A. Booker
Chapter 6. Who Can I Trust? Evaluating Sources of Information Related to Happiness
Zachary A. Silver and Laurie R. Santos
Chapter 7. Evaluating Positive Psychology Apps
Justine Bautista and Stephen M. Schueller
Chapter 8. Using Smartphones to Teach About Self-Report Bias and Accuracy in Well-Being Research
Kostadin Kushlev and Hannah Masling
Part II. Changing and Tracking Psychological Well-Being
Chapter 9. The Virtual Gratitude Visit
Robert A. Emmons
Chapter 10. Awe Outing
Emiliana Simon-Thomas and Dacher Keltner
Chapter 11. Happiness is in our Nature: Exploring Predicted and Emotional Responses to the Natural Environment
Jessica E. Desrochers and John M. Zelenski
Chapter 12. The Treasure Chest: An Immersive Guided Imagery Meditation on Sacred Moments
Serena Wong and Kenneth I. Pargament
Chapter 13. Is It Possible to Design and Live a Perfectly Happy Day?
Jaime L. Kurtz
Chapter 14. Uplifts in Daily Life
Patrick Klaiber and Nancy L. Sin
Chapter 15. Learning to Use Your Strengths Daily
Joanne F. Zinger
Part III. Positive Cognitions: Evaluations, Expectancies, and Experiences
Chapter 16. Whose Life is Meaningful?
Samantha J. Heintzelman
Chapter 17. Engaging in an Activity With Passion: How the Situation Affects our Mindset
Jany St-Cyr, Virginie Paquette, and Robert J. Vallerand
Chapter 18. Flow in Daily Life
Ajit Singh Mann, Patrick Robinson, and Jeanne Nakamura
Chapter 19. Promoting Hope Through Goal Setting
Matthew W. Gallagher
Part IV. Social Connections
Chapter 20. Self-Compassion
Ashley L. Kuchar and Kristin D. Neff
Chapter 21. Acts of Kindness: The Well-Being Benefits of Prosocial Versus Self-Focused Behaviors
John K. Coffey and S. Katherine Nelson-Coffey
Chapter 22. Increasing Your Interdependent Happiness
Hidefumi Hitokoto and Yukiko Uchida
Chapter 23. Building High Quality Connections
Jane Dutton, Arne Carlsen, and Sally Maitlis
Chapter 24. Identifying Positively Energizing Leaders
Kim Cameron
Part V. Implementing Positive Psychology Across Contexts: Culture, Stress, and Health
Chapter 25. How Ideal Affect Shapes Judgments of and Responses to Smiles
Elizabeth Blevins and Jeanne Tsai
Chapter 26. Fear of Happiness
Liudmila Titova
Chapter 27. Promoting Positive Psychological Character Strengths in Diverse Meso and Macro Settings
Laura Kohn-Wood, Guerdiana Thelomar, and Brittney R. Davis
Chapter 28. Self-Affirmation for Stress Protection
Kennedy M. Blevins, Sarah D. Pressman, and David K. Sherman
Chapter 29. Using Positive Coping Strategies to Boost Resilience
Emma L. Grisham and Marie P. Cross
Chapter 30. Healthy Foods for Happiness: A Mini-Intervention
Tamlin S. Conner and Jack R. H. Cooper.