Positive psychology in practice

Foreword / Martin E. P. Seligman

1. Applied positive psychology : a new perspective for professional practice / P. Alex Linley and Stephen Joseph

2. Positive psychology : historical, philosophical, and epistemological perspectives / Ingvild S. Jorgensen and Hilde Eileen Nafstad

3. good life, broadly and narrowly considered / Laura A. King, Jennifer Emilia Eells and Chad M. Burton

4. good life or the goods life? : positive psychology and personal well-being in the culture of consumption / Tim Kasser

5. Value pathways to well-being : healthy values, valued goal attainment, and environmental congruence / Lilach Sagiv, Sonia Roccas and Osnat Hazan

6. Doing better but feeling worse : the paradox of choice / Barry Schwartz and Andrew Ward

7. Fostering healthy self-regulation from within and without : a self-determination theory perspective / Kirk Warren Brown and Richard M. Bryan

8. Achieving sustainable new happiness : prospects, practices, and prescriptions / Kennon M. Sheldon and Sonja Lyubomirsky

9. Physical activity : positive psychology in motion / Nanette Mutrie and Guy Faulkner

10. Balancing time perspective in pursuit of optimal functioning / Ilona Boniwell and Philip G. Zimbardo

11. Teaching students how to make wise judgments : the "teaching for wisdom" program / Alina Reznitskaya and Robert J. Sternberg

12. Introducing positive psychology to the introductory psychology student / Amy C. Fineburg

13. Teaching positive psychology / Nick Baylis

14. Resuing our heroes : positive perspectives on upward comparisons in relationships, education, and work / Michael A. Cohn

15. Leading well : transformational leadership and well-being / Niro Sivanathan, Kara A. Arnold, Nick Turner and Julian Barling

16. Strengths-based development in practice / Timothy D. Hodges and Donald O. Clifton

17. Positive and creative organization / Jane Henry

18. Toward a positive psychology of executive coaching / Carol Kauffman and Anne Scoular

19. Positive psychology and health psychology : a fruitful liaison / Shelley E. Taylor and David K. Sherman

20. Toward a positive clinical psychology : deconstructing the illness ideology and constructing an ideology of human strengths and potential / James E. Maddux, C. R. Snyder and Shane J. Lopez

21. client : psychotherapy's missing link for promoting a positive psychology / Mark A. Hubble and Scott D. Miller

22. Positive therapy : a positive psychological theory of therapeutic practice / Stephen Joseph and P. Alex Linley

23. Clinical applications of well-being therapy / Chiara Ruini and Giovanni A. Fava

24. Strategies for accentuating hope / Shane J. Lopez, C. R. Snyder, Jeana L. Magyar-Moe, Lisa M. Edwards, Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, Kelly Janowski, Jerri L. Turner and Cindy Pressgrove

25. clinical approach to posttraumatic growth / Richard G. Tedeschi and Lawrence G. Calhoun

26. Positive psychology and psychotherapy : an existential approach / Roger Bretherton and Roderick J. Orner

27. Classification and measurement of character strengths : implications for practice / Christopher Peterson and Nansook Park

28. Emotional intelligence in practice / Peter Salovey, David Caruso and John D. Mayer

29. Gratitude in practice and the practice of gratitude / Giacomo Bono, Robert A. Emmons and Michael E. McCullough

30. Facilitating curiosity : a social and self-regulatory perspective for scientifically based interventions / Todd B. Kashdan and Frank D. Fincham

31. Approaches to a good life : the emotional-motivational side to wisdom / Ute Kunzmann

32. Fostering the future : resilience theory and the practice of positive psychology / Tuppett M. Yates and Ann S. Masten

33. Organized youth activities as contexts for positive development / Reed Larson, Robin Jarrett, David Hansen, Nickki Pearce, Patrick Sullivan, Kathrin Walker, Natasha Watkins and Dustin Wood

34. Positive aging / George E. Vaillant

35. Bringing subjectivity into focus : optimal experiences, life themes, and person-centered rehabilitation / Antonella Delle Fave and Fausto Massimini

36. Good lives and the rehabilitation of offenders : a positive approach to sex offender treatment / Tony Ward and Ruth Mann

37. Facilitating forgiveness : developing group and community interventions / Frank D. Fincham and Todd B. Kashdan

38. Human connections and the good life : balancing individuality and community in public policy / David G. Myers

39. Happiness as a public policy aim : the greatest happiness principle / Ruut Veenhoven

40. Findings on subjective well-being : applications to public policy clinical interventions, and education / William Pavot and Ed Diener

41. population approach to positive psychology : the potential for population interventions to promote well-being and prevent disorder / Felicia A. Huppert

42. Toward a theoretical foundation for positive psychology in practice / P. Alex Linley and Stephen Joseph.