Foreword
Preface
Part 1: Major Developments in Positive Psychology
1: A Case for Positive Psychology
Shane J. Lopez and Matthew W. Gallagher
2: Positive Psychology Past, Present, and Future
Ed Diener
3: Positive Emotions
Michael Cohn and Barbara Fredrickson
4: Classifying and Measuring Strengths of Character
Christopher Peterson and Nansook Park
5: Positive Psychology Applications
P. Alex Linley, Stephen Joseph, John Maltby, and Alex M. Wood
6: Positive Psychology within a Cultural Context
Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, Lisa M. Edwards, and Shane J. Lopez
Part 2: Positive Psychology Perspectives on Human Behavior
7: Stopping the "Madness": Positive Psychology and Deconstructing the Illness Ideology and the DSM
James Maddux
8: Widening the Diagnostic Focus: A Case for Including Human Strengths and Environmental Resources
Beatrice Wright and Shane J. Lopez
9: Toward a Science of Mental Health
Corey L. M. Keyes
10: Measuring the Dynamics of Positive Human Health: From Covariance Systems to Dynamic Structures
Anthony D. Ong and Alex J. Zautra
11: Positive Ethics
Mitchell M. Handelsman, Samuel Knapp, Michael C. Gottlieb
Part 3: Positive Psychology Across the Lifespan
12: Resilience in Development
Ann S. Masten, J. J. Cutili, Janette E. Herbers, and Marie-Gabrielle J. Reed
13: Positive Psychology for Children and Adolescents: Development, Prevention, and Promotion
Keri J. Brown Kirschman, Rebecca J. Johnson, Jade A. Bender, and Michael C. Roberts
14: The Positive Youth Development Perspective: Theoretical and Empirical Bases of a Strengths-Based Approach to Adolescent Development
Richard M. Lerner
15: Aging Well in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities
Gail W. Williamson and Julie Christie
16: New Territories of Positive Lifespan Developments: Wisdom and Life Longings
Susanne Scheibe, Ute Kunzmann, and Paul B. Baltes
Part 4: Emotional Approaches
17: Subjective Well-Being: The Science of Happiness and Life Satisfaction
Ed Diener, Shigehiro Oishi, and Richard E. Lucas
18: Flow Theory and Research
Jeanne Nakamura and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
19: Positive Affectivity: The Disposition to Experience Positive Emotional States
David Watson and Kristin Naragon
20: The Social Construction of Self-Esteem
John P. Hewitt
21: Coping Through Emotional Approach: Emerging Evidence for the Utility of Processing and Expressing Emotions in Responding to Stressors
Annette L. Stanton, Sarah J. Sullivan, and Jennifer L. Austenfeld
22: The Positive Psychology of Emotional Intelligence
Peter Salovey, John D. Mayer, David Caruso, and Seung Hee You
23: Emotional Creativity: Toward "Spiritualizing the Passions"
James Averill
Part 5: Cognitive Approaches
24: Creativity
Dean Keith Simonton
25: The Role of Personal Control in Adaptive Functioning
Suzanne Thompson
26: Mindfulness vs. Personal Evaluation
Ellen Langer
27: Perspectives on Time
Ilona Boniwell
28: Optimism
Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier, Christopher J. Miller, and Daniel Fulford
29: Optimistic Explanatory Style
Christopher Peterson and Tracy A. Steen
30: Hope Theory
Kevin L. Rand and Jennifer S. Cheavens
31: Self-Efficacy, The Power of Believing You Can
James E. Maddux
32: Problem-Solving Appraisal and Psychological Adjustment
P. Paul Heppner and Dong-gwi Lee
33: Self-Determination
Michael L. Wehmeyer, Todd D. Little, and Julie Sergeant
34: Curiosity and Interest: The Benefits of Thriving on Novelty and Challenge
Todd B. Kashdan and Paul J. Silvia
35: Courage
Cynthia Pury and Shane J. Lopez
Part 6: Interpersonal Approaches
36: Relationship Connection: A Redux on the Role of Minding and the Quality of Feeling Special in the Enhancement of Closeness
John Harvey and Brian Pauwels
37: Compassion
Eric J. Cassell
38: Adult Attachment Security: The Relational Scaffolding of Positive Psychology
Frederick G. Lopez
39: Empathy and Altruism
C. Daniel Batson, Nadia Ahmad, and David A. Lishner
40: Forgiveness
Michael E. McCullough, Lindsey M. Root, Benjamin A. Tabak, Charlotte Witvliet
41: Furthering the Science of Gratitude
Philip Watkins, Michael Van Gelder, and Araceli Fias
42: Love
Clyde Hendrick and Susan S. Hendrick
43: For RicherELIn Good TimesELand In Health: Positive Process in Relationships
Natalya C. Maisel and Shelly L. Gable
Part 7: Self-Based Approaches
44: What's Positive About Self-Verification?
Rebecca J. North and William B. Swann, Jr.
45: Reality Negotiation
Raymond L. Higgins and Matthew W. Gallagher
46: Humility
June Tangney
47: The Motive for Distinctiveness: Identity Construction in a Cultural Context
Vivian L. Vignoles
Part 8: Biological Approaches
48: A Role of Neuropsychology in Understanding the Facilitating Influence of Positive Affect on Social Behavior and Cognitive Processes
Alice M. Isen
49: Toward a Biology of Social Support
Sally S. Dickerson and Peggy M. Zoccola
50: The Central Role of the Heart in Generating and Sustaining Positive Emotions
Rollin McCraty and Robert A. Rees
51: Toughness
Richard A. Dienstbier and Lisa M. Pytlik Zillig
Part 9: Positive Institutions
52: Family-Centered Positive Psychology
Susan M. Sheridan and Jennifer D. Burt
53: Positive Schools
E. Scott Huebner; Rich Gilman, Amy L. Reschly, and Russell Hall
54: Positive Psychology on Campus
Laurie A. Schreiner, Eileen Hulme, Roderick Hetzel, and Shane J. Lopez
55: Positive Workplaces
Fred Luthans and Carolyn M. Youssef
56: Positive Institutions, Law, and Policy
Peter H. Huang and Jeremy A. Blumenthal
Part 10: Specific Coping Approaches
57: Meditation and Positive Psychology
Shauna L. Shapiro
58: Spirituality: The Search for the Sacred
Kenneth I. Pargament and Annette Mahoney
59: Sharing One's Story: On the Benefits of Writing or Talking About Emotional Experiences
Kate G. Neiderhoffer and James W. Pennebaker
60: Benefit-Finding and Growth
Suzanne C. Lechner, Howard Tennen, and Glenn Affleck
61: Making Sense of Loss, Perceiving Benefits, and Posttraumatic Growth
Christopher G. Davis and Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
62: Happiness, Resilience, and Positive Growth via Physical Disability: Issues for Understanding, Research, and Therapeutic Intervention
Dana S. Dunn, Gitendra Uswatte, and Timothy Elliott
Part 11: Toward Better Lives
63: The Promise of Sustainable Happiness
Julia Boehm and Sonya Lyubomirsky
64: Meaning in Life
Michael F. Steger
65: The Future of Positive Psychology: Pursuing Three Big Goals
Shane J. Lopez