Positive Communication in Health and Wellness

Name: Positive Communication in Health and Wellness
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ISBN: 9781433114458

ISBN-10: 1433114453

ISBN-13: 9781433114458

Edition: 2013

Authors: Margaret J. Pitts, Thomas Socha

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Description:

Inspired by work in positive psychology, this book gives scholarly attention to what's going right in people's communication lives. It harnesses a dispersed - but powerful - body of communication scholarship that has at its center a focus on building healthy communication contexts and generating wellness.

Book details

List price: $50.10
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
Publication date: 10/31/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 351
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Positive Communication in Creating Healthy Lives, Healthy Relationships, and Health Institutions




Positive Communication and Health



Positive Relational Communication: Impact on Health




Humor as a Tool, Not the Therapy: A Preliminary Model of Humor in Health Communication




The Social Construction of Hope through Strengths-Based Health Communication Strategies: A Children's Mental Health Approach




Communication in Self-Help Support Groups: Positive Communication and the Al-Anon Experience




Healing through Healthy Doses of Positivity: Mothers' and Daughters' Positive Communication When Coping with Breast Cancer




Positive Communication and Relational Wellness



Moving from Positive Thinking to Positive Talk: Implications for Relational Well-Being




Esteem Support as a Form of Positive Communication: Connections to Well-Being




Relationship Enhancement (RE) as One Approach for Improving Health and Wellness, Attaining Communication Gratification, and Communicating Positively




Positive Communication, Coaching, and Relational Health/Wellness




Final Conversations: Positive Communication at the End of Life




Positive Communication and Healthy Organizations and Institutions



Affirming Communication within the Healthcare Organization: Validating Strength through Talk in Trauma Medicine




Positive Communication and Organizational Crisis: Can CEOs Look on the Bright Side?




Communication Joy: Print Journalists and the Experience of Flow




Happy Classrooms = Happier Students: Making the Case for Positive Communication in Education




Positive Organizations for Older Adults in Community Settings




Committed: Fostering Respect and Well-Being through Collaborative Theatrical Performance at Piedmont Regional Jail



Coda. Apples and Positive Messages: Towards Healthy Communication Habits and Wellness



Contributors


Author Index


Subject Index