Screen LibraryResearch, applications, and interventions for children and adolescents a positive psychology perspective /
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 a...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6398-2 |
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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 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiii, 286 p.) : ill. |
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9789400763982 (electronic bk.) 9400763980 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | BF721 |
| CLC: | B844 |
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Strengths and Well-Being. The Importance of Good Character / Assessment and Promotion of Life Satisfaction in Youth / Promoting Hope Among Youth: Theory, Research, and Practice / Interventions and Applications. Flourishing Among Children and Adolescents: Structure and Correlates of Positive Mental Health, and Interventions for Its Enhancement / Assessment of Character Strengths in Children and Adolescents / Gratitude Intervention in Adolescence and Young Adulthood / Family, Friends, and Community. Parent-Child Relationships and Well-Being / Peer Relations / The Emotional Warmth Approach to Professional Childcare: Positive Psychology and Highly Vulnerable Children in Our Society / Positive Education. A Place for Well-Being in the Classroom? / Positive Education, or Just Education / Enhancing Well-Being in Adolescents: Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology Interventions in Schools / Positive Youth Development: Practice, Policy, and Law. Sociomoral Development for Behaviorally At-Risk Youth: Mac's Group Meeting / Positive Youth Development in Organized Programs: How Teens Learn to Manage Emotions / Legal Foundations of Adolescents' Rights and Positive Youth Development / |