Positive psychology exploded into public consciousness 10 years ago and has continued to capture attention around the world ever since. The movement promised to study positive human nature, using only the most rigorous scientific tools and theories. How well has this promise been fulfilled? This book evaluates the first decade of this fledgling field of study from the perspective of nearly every leading researcher in the field.
Scholars in the areas of social, personality, clinical, biological, emotional, and applied psychology take stock of their fields, while bearing in mind the original manifesto and goals of the postive psychology movement. They provide honest, critical evaluations of the flaws and untapped potential of their fields of study. The contributors design the optimal future of positive psychology by addressing gaps, biases, and methodological limitations, and exploring exciting new questions.
Kennon M. Sheldon is Professor of Psychology at the University of Missouri. He hopscotched the country, from Virginia to Seattle to California to Rochester NY, and is now ensconced in the middle, in Missouri. He has been involved in the positive psychology movement since its inception in Akumal, Mexico, in 1999, and is an author of the positive psychology manifesto, which helped guide the contributors to this book. He has three children. His wife is an evolutionary psychologist who keeps him on his toes. Todd Kashdan is Director of the Laboratory for the Study of Social Anxiety, Character Strengths, and Related Phenomena at George Mason University. Kashdan is devoted to conducting cutting edge science, educating the public about science, maintaining some semblance of a once athletic body, and sharing and expanding his world with the three women in his life, Sarah, Chloe, and Raven. To date, he has published over 100 articles and book chapters and made over 100 presentations at scientific conferences. His most recent book is Curious? Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life. Michael Steger is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Colorado State University. He is fascinated with what makes life worth living, and learning how people overcome the factors that can make life miserable at times. He practices savoring every chance he gets to wander into the Colorado mountains, and reminds himself what really matters by spending a good quantity of good quality time with his family. Most of his research has focused on living a meaningful life, and he tries to enact what this research shows in his own life. Steger's next co-edited book seeks to apply what we know about meaning to people's work lives (Purpose and Meaning in the Workplace).
Show morePositive psychology exploded into public consciousness 10 years ago and has continued to capture attention around the world ever since. The movement promised to study positive human nature, using only the most rigorous scientific tools and theories. How well has this promise been fulfilled? This book evaluates the first decade of this fledgling field of study from the perspective of nearly every leading researcher in the field.
Scholars in the areas of social, personality, clinical, biological, emotional, and applied psychology take stock of their fields, while bearing in mind the original manifesto and goals of the postive psychology movement. They provide honest, critical evaluations of the flaws and untapped potential of their fields of study. The contributors design the optimal future of positive psychology by addressing gaps, biases, and methodological limitations, and exploring exciting new questions.
Kennon M. Sheldon is Professor of Psychology at the University of Missouri. He hopscotched the country, from Virginia to Seattle to California to Rochester NY, and is now ensconced in the middle, in Missouri. He has been involved in the positive psychology movement since its inception in Akumal, Mexico, in 1999, and is an author of the positive psychology manifesto, which helped guide the contributors to this book. He has three children. His wife is an evolutionary psychologist who keeps him on his toes. Todd Kashdan is Director of the Laboratory for the Study of Social Anxiety, Character Strengths, and Related Phenomena at George Mason University. Kashdan is devoted to conducting cutting edge science, educating the public about science, maintaining some semblance of a once athletic body, and sharing and expanding his world with the three women in his life, Sarah, Chloe, and Raven. To date, he has published over 100 articles and book chapters and made over 100 presentations at scientific conferences. His most recent book is Curious? Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life. Michael Steger is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Colorado State University. He is fascinated with what makes life worth living, and learning how people overcome the factors that can make life miserable at times. He practices savoring every chance he gets to wander into the Colorado mountains, and reminds himself what really matters by spending a good quantity of good quality time with his family. Most of his research has focused on living a meaningful life, and he tries to enact what this research shows in his own life. Steger's next co-edited book seeks to apply what we know about meaning to people's work lives (Purpose and Meaning in the Workplace).
Show moreINTRODUCTORY PERSPECTIVES
1 Positive Psychology: Where Did It Come From, Where Is It
Going?
Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi & Jeanne Nakamura
2 Challenges, Pitfalls, and Aspirations for Positive Psychology
Todd B. Kashdan & Michael F. Steger
BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
3 Positive Psychophysiology: The Body and Self-Regulation
Suzanne C. Segerstrom, Timothy W. Smith, & Tory A.
Eisenlohr-Moul
4 Positive Psychological States and Biological Processes
Carissa A. Low, Julienne E. Bower, Judith T. Moskowitz, & Elissa S.
Epel
5 The Primary Process Affects in Human Development, Happiness, and
Thriving
Jaak Panksepp
EMOTION PERSPECTIVES
6 Beyond Pleasure and Pain? Emotion Regulation and Positive
Psychology
Maya Tamir & James J. Gross
7 The Positive Psychology of Positive Emotions: An Avuncular
View
Shigehiro Oishi & Jaime Kurtz
8 The Future of Emotions Research within Positive Psychology
Sara B. Algoe, Barbara L. Fredrickson, & Sy-Miin Chow
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES
9 The Role of Hypo-egoic Self-processes in Optimal Functioning and
Subjective Well-Being
Mark R. Leary & Jennifer Guadagno
10 Experiential Processing and the Integration of Light and Dark
Sides of the Human Psyche
Kirk Warren Brown & Melissa Holt
11 A Task-Focused Mind is a Happy and Productive Mind: A Processing
Perspective
Michael D. Robinson & Maya Tamir
12 Finding Positive Value in Human Consciousness: Conscious Thought
Serves Participation in Society and Culture
E. J. Masicampo & Roy F. Baumeister
PERSONALITY PERSPECTIVES
13 Personality Traits and the Potential of Positive Psychology
Robert R. McCrae
14 Character and Personality: Connections Between Positive
Psychology and Personality Psychology
Erik E. Noftle, Sarah A. Schnitker & Richard W. Robins
15 Personality Science and the Northern Tilt: As Positive as
Possible Under the Circumstances
Brian R. Little
16 Why Gratitude Enhances Well-Being: What We Know, What We Need to
Know
Robert A. Emmons & Anjali Mishra
RELATIONSHIP PERSPECTIVES
17 The Positive Side of Close Relationships
Shelly L. Gable & Courtney Gosnell
18 Positive Relationship Science: A New Frontier for Positive
Psychology?
Nathaniel M. Lambert, Frank D. Fincham, A. Marlea Gwinn, &
Christine A. Ajayi
19 Coaching and Positive Psychology
Anthony M Grant & Michael J Cavanagh
CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES
20 The Dog Woman, Addie Bundren, and the Ninth Circle of Hell:
Positive Psychology Should Be More Open to the Negative
Jennifer L. Hames & Thomas E. Joiner, Jr.
21 Meaning and Growth within Positive Psychology: Towards a More
Complete Understanding
Crystal L. Park
22 Mindfulness and Positive Psychological Functioning
Ruth A. Baer & Emily L. B. Lykins
ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
23 Positive Psychological Capital in the Workplace: Where We Are
and Where We Need to Go
Carolyn M. Youssef & Fred Luthans
24 Organizational Applications of Positive Psychology: Taking Stock
and a Research / Practice Roadmap for the Future
P. Alex Linley, Nicky Garcea (nee Page), Susan Harrington, Emma
Trenier & Gurpal Minhas
SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVES
25 Place and Well-Being
Richard Florida & Peter J. Rentfrow
26 Greater Happiness For A Greater Number: Is that possible? If so
how?
Ruut Veenhoven
27 Positive Psychology as a Force for Social Change
Robert Biswas-Diener, P. Alex Linley, Reena Govindji & Linda
Woolston
SUMMARY PERSPECTIVES
28 What's Positive about Positive Psychology? Reducing Value-Bias
and Enhancing Integration within the Field
Kennon M. Sheldon
29 To Celebrate Positive Psychology and Extend Its Horizons
Gordon Bermant, Charu Talwar, & Paul Rozin
30 Are We There Yet? What Happened on the Way to the Demise of
Positive Psychology
Laura A. King
31 Positive Psychology in Historical and Philosophical Perspective:
Predicting Its Future from the Past
Dean Keith Simonton
Kennon M. Sheldon is Professor of Psychology at the University of
Missouri. He hopscotched the country, from Virginia to Seattle to
California to Rochester NY, and is now ensconced in the middle, in
Missouri. He has been involved in the positive psychology movement
since its inception in Akumal, Mexico, in 1999, and is an author of
the positive psychology manifesto, which helped guide the
contributors to this book. He has three children. His wife is
an
evolutionary psychologist who keeps him on his toes.
Todd Kashdan is Director of the Laboratory for the Study of Social
Anxiety, Character Strengths, and Related Phenomena at George Mason
University. Kashdan is devoted to conducting cutting edge science,
educating the public about science, maintaining some semblance of a
once athletic body, and sharing and expanding his world with the
three women in his life, Sarah, Chloe, and Raven. To date, he has
published over 100 articles and book chapters and made over 100
presentations at scientific
conferences. His most recent book is Curious? Discover the Missing
Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life.
Michael Steger is Associate Professor in the Department of
Psychology at Colorado State University. He is fascinated with what
makes life worth living, and learning how people overcome the
factors that can make life miserable at times. He practices
savoring every chance he gets to wander into the Colorado
mountains, and reminds himself what really matters by spending a
good quantity of good quality time with his family. Most of his
research has focused on living a meaningful life, and he tries
to enact what this research shows in his own life. Steger's next
co-edited book seeks to apply what we know about meaning to
people's work lives (Purpose and Meaning in the Workplace).
"As positive psychology enters its second decade as a
formally-christened perspective, it is important to take stock and
also to plan ahead. The present volume accordingly deserves a place
on the bookshelf (and desk) of everyone concerned with the
scientific study of what makes life worth living."
- Christopher Peterson, Professor of Psychology, University of
Michigan
"I couldn't put this book down! The chapters demonstrate a rare
uniformity of excellence - replete with rigorous review and
critique of theory, empirical research, thoughtful commentary, and
provocative suggestions. After a decade of being described as an
'emerging' field,' positive psychology is maturing and coming into
its own. This important volume offers an unparalleled glimpse into
state-of-the-art research, theory, and applications in positive
psychology
- from past, present, and future. This fantastic book should be
required reading for anyone - researchers and laypeople alike -
interested in flourishing individuals, institutions, and
societies."
- Sonja Lyubomirsky, Professor of Psychology, University of
California, Riverside
"One of the most important books to appear in positive psychology,
Designing Positive Psychology offers thoughtful presentations of
what we have learned so far, the limits of our knowledge, and where
we need to go next in the field. Anyone who wants to be a master of
the science of positive psychology must read this authoritative,
up-to-date, and thorough volume." --Ed Diener, Joseph R. Smiley
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Editor, Perspectives on
Psychological Science
Consistent with Kashdan and Steger's introductory aims for the book
(Chapter 2), I believe
this book does present a useful overview of "what we know and . . .
where positive
psychology needs to go in the future in order to best realize its
huge potential" (p. 19). The
book also succeeds in enhancing the "conceptual complexity" of
positive psychology and its
"underlying connectivity to the broader research base of
psychology" (p. 19). -- Michael Hogan, PsycCRITIQUES
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