Positive Psychology

This book provides an accessible and balanced introduction to positive psychology scholarship and its applications, incorporating an overview of the development of positive psychology. Positive Psychology: The Basics delineates positive psychology's journey as a discipline and provides an updated overview of its core topics.

Autorentext

Dr Rona Hart is a senior lecturer in Applied Positive Psychology, and the Course Leader of the Psychology of Kindness and Wellbeing at Work PGCert Course at the School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK. She's also the Director of the Professionalising Positive Psychology Initiative within the International Positive Psychology Association.

Inhalt

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 The development of Positive Psychology

2 Happiness

3 Wellbeing

4 Positive emotions and emotional intelligence

5 Optimism and hope

6 Goal pursuit and change

7 Self-regulation and grit

8 Flow

9 Meaning in life

10 Character strengths and virtues

11 Positive relationships

12 Stress, coping, resilience and posttraumatic growth

13 Positive psychology interventions

References

Index