Optimistic Child A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience

Name: Optimistic Child A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience
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ISBN: 9780618918096

ISBN-10: 0618918094

ISBN-13: 9780618918096

Edition: 13th 1995

Authors: Martin E. P. Seligman, Lisa Jaycox, Karen Reivich, Jane Gillham, Gillham

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In The Optimistic Child, Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman offers parents, teachers, and coaches a well-validated program to prevent depression in children. In a thirty-year study, Seligman and his colleagues discovered the link between pessimism - dwelling on the most catastrophic cause of any setback - and depression. Seligman shows adults how to teach children the skills of optimism that can help them combat depression, achieve more on the playing field and at school, and improve their physical health. As Seligman states in his new afterword for this edition, "Teaching children optimism is more, I realized, than just correcting pessimism . . . It is the creation of a positive strength, a sunny,…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Edition: 13th
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English