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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Major Developments in Positive Psychology | |
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A Case for Positive Psychology | |
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Positive Psychology Past, Present, and Future | |
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Positive Emotions | |
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Classifying and Measuring Strengths of Character | |
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Positive Psychology Applications | |
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Positive Psychology within a Cultural Context | |
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Positive Psychology Perspectives on Human Behavior | |
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Stopping the "Madness": Positive Psychology and Deconstructing the Illness Ideology and the DSM | |
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Widening the Diagnostic Focus: A Case for Including Human Strengths and Environmental Resources | |
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Toward a Science of Mental Health | |
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Measuring the Dynamics of Positive Human Health: From Covariance Systems to Dynamic Structures | |
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Positive Ethics | |
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Positive Psychology Across the Lifespan | |
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Resilience in Development | |
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Positive Psychology for Children and Adolescents: Development, Prevention, and Promotion | |
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The Positive Youth Development Perspective: Theoretical and Empirical Bases of a Strengths-Based Approach to Adolescent Development | |
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Aging Well in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities | |
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New Territories of Positive Lifespan Developments: Wisdom and Life Longings | |
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Emotional Approaches | |
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Subjective Well-Being: The Science of Happiness and Life Satisfaction | |
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Flow Theory and Research | |
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Positive Affectivity: The Disposition to Experience Positive Emotional States | |
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The Social Construction of Self-Esteem | |
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Coping Through Emotional Approach: Emerging Evidence for the Utility of Processing and Expressing Emotions in Responding to Stressors | |
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The Positive Psychology of Emotional Intelligence | |
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Emotional Creativity: Toward "Spiritualizing the Passions" | |
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Cognitive Approaches | |
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Creativity | |
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The Role of Personal Control in Adaptive Functioning | |
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Mindfulness vs. Personal Evaluation | |
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Perspectives on Time | |
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Optimism | |
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Optimistic Explanatory Style | |
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Hope Theory | |
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Self-Efficacy, The Power of Believing You Can | |
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Problem-Solving Appraisal and Psychological Adjustment | |
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Self-Determination | |
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Curiosity and InterestThe Benefits of Thriving on Novelty and Challenge | |
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Courage | |
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Interpersonal Approaches | |
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Relationship Connection: A Redux on the Role of Minding and the Quality of Feeling Special in the Enhancement of Closeness | |
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Compassion | |
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Adult Attachment Security: The Relational Scaffolding of Positive Psychology | |
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Empathy and Altruism | |
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Forgiveness | |
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Furthering the Science of Gratitude | |
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Love | |
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For Richer In Good Times Land In Health: Positive Process in Relationships | |
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Self-Based Approaches | |
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What's Positive About Self-Verification? | |
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Reality Negotiation | |
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Humility | |
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The Motive for Distinctiveness: Identity Construction in a Cultural Context | |
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Biological Approaches | |
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A Role of Neuropsychology in Understanding the Facilitating Influence of Positive Affect on Social Behavior and Cognitive Processes | |
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Toward a Biology of Social Support | |
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The Central Role of the Heart in Generating and Sustaining Positive Emotions | |
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Toughness | |
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Positive Institutions | |
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Family-Centered Positive Psychology | |
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Positive Schools | |
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Positive Psychology on Campus | |
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Positive Workplaces | |
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Positive Institutions, Law, and Policy | |
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Specific Coping Approaches | |
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Meditation and Positive Psychology | |
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Spirituality: The Search for the Sacred | |
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Sharing One's Story: On the Benefits of Writing or Talking About Emotional Experiences | |
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Benefit-Finding and Growth | |
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Making Sense of Loss, Perceiving Benefits, and Posttraumatic Growth | |
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Happiness, Resilience, and Positive Growth via Physical Disability: Issues for Understanding, Research, and Therapeutic Intervention | |
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Toward Better Lives | |
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The Promise of Sustainable Happiness | |
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Meaning in Life | |
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The Future of Positive Psychology: Pursuing Three Big Goals | |
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