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1 online resource. |
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Surveying the Landscape of Positive Psychology for Children and Adolescents / P. Alex Linley and Carmel Proctor -- Strengths and Well-Being. The Importance of Good Character / Carmel Proctor -- Assessment and Promotion of Life Satisfaction in Youth / E. Scott Huebner, Kimberly J. Hills, Xu Jiang -- Promoting Hope Among Youth: Theory, Research, and Practice / Lisa M. Edwards, Jessica B. McClintock -- Interventions and Applications. Flourishing Among Children and Adolescents: Structure and Correlates of Positive Mental Health, and Interventions for Its Enhancement / Andrew J. Howell, Corey L.M. Keyes, Holli-Anne Passmore -- Assessment of Character Strengths in Children and Adolescents / Tayyab Rashid [and others] -- Gratitude Intervention in Adolescence and Young Adulthood / Nathaniel M. Lambert, Amanda Veldorale-Brogan -- Family, Friends, and Community. Parent-Child Relationships and Well-Being / Shannon M. Suldo, Sarah A. Fefer -- Peer Relations / B. Bradford Brown, Michael T. Braun -- The Emotional Warmth Approach to Professional Childcare: Positive Psychology and Highly Vulnerable Children in Our Society / Colin Maginn, R.J. Seán Cameron -- Positive Education. A Place for Well-Being in the Classroom? / Ian Morris -- Positive Education, or Just Education / Hans Henrik Knoop -- Enhancing Well-Being in Adolescents: Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology Interventions in Schools / Lisa Suzanne Green, Jacolyn Maree Norrish -- Positive Youth Development: Practice, Policy, and Law. Sociomoral Development for Behaviorally At-Risk Youth: Mac's Group Meeting / John C. Gibbs, Granville Bud Potter, Ann-Marie DiBiase -- Positive Youth Development in Organized Programs: How Teens Learn to Manage Emotions / Natalie Rusk [and others] -- Legal Foundations of Adolescents' Rights and Positive Youth Development / Roger J.R. Levesque. |
| Summary |
This book presents recent positive psychological research, applications and interventions being used among adolescents and children. Currently there is a wave of change occurring whereby educators, and others working with children and adolescents, are beginning to recognize the benefits of looking at well-being from a positive perspective, specifically the integration of positive psychological theory into the school curriculum in order to improve student well-being. Moreover, although the positive psychological field has grown tremendously since its inception, there remains an imbalance in the. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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Child psychology.
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Adolescent psychology.
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Positive psychology.
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Psychology, Adolescent.
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Psychology, Child.
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Psychological Theory.
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Quality of Life.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Child Development.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Child.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- Child & Adolescent.
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Adolescent psychology. (OCoLC)fst00797018
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Child psychology. (OCoLC)fst00854540
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Positive psychology. (OCoLC)fst01200515
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| Added Author |
Proctor, Carmel.
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Linley, P. Alex.
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| ISBN |
9789400763982 (electronic bk.) |
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9400763980 (electronic bk.) |
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