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Positive Psychology Readings
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Seligman, Martin E. P., & Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly “Mike.” (2000). Positive psychology: An
introduction. American Psychologist, 55, 5-14.
Gable, Shelley L., & Haidt, Jonathan. (2005). What (and why) is positive psychology. Review
of General Psychology, 9, 103-110.
Additional readings for academics
Keyes, Corey L. M., & Haidt, Jonathan. (Eds.). (2002). Flourishing: Positive psychology and the
life well-lived. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Lopez. S., & Snyder, C. R. (Eds.) (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology. New
York: Oxford University Press.
Snyder, Charles “Rick,” & Lopez, Shane J. (2002). Handbook of positive psychology. London:
Oxford University Press.
Snyder, Charles “Rick,” & Lopez, Shane J. (2007). Positive psychology, the scientific and
practical explorations of human strengths. Sage.
Additional readings for non-academics
Ben-Shahar, Tal. (2007). Happier. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Boniwell, Ilona. (2006). Positive psychology in a nutshell (2nd
Edition). PWBC.
Haidt, Jonathan. (2006). The happiness hypothesis: Finding modern truth in ancient wisdom.
Basic Books.
Linley, Alex, Willars, Janet, & Biswas-Diener, Robert. (2010). The strengths book: Be
confident, be successful, and enjoy better relationships by realizing the best of you. CAPP
Press.
Lyubomirsky, Sonja. (2008). The HOW of happiness. London: Sphere.
Peterson, Christopher. (2006). A primer in positive psychology. New York: Oxford University
Press.
Seligman, Martin. E. P. (2002). Authentic happiness: Using the new positive psychology to
realize your potential for lasting fulfilment. Free Press.
Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-
being. New York: Free Press.
The definition and assessment of well-being
Diener, Ed, Suh, Eunkook M., Lucas, Richard E., & Smith, Heidi L. (1999). Subjective well-
being: Three decades of progress. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 276-302.
Ryan, Richard M., & Deci, Ed L. (2001). On happiness and human potentials: A review
of research on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Annual Review of
Psychology, 2, 141-166.
Huta, Veronika. (in press). Eudaimonia. In Ilona Boniwell & Susan David (Eds.), Oxford
Handbook of Happiness. Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press.
Diener, E., Lucas, R.E., & Oishi, S. (2002). Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and
life satisfaction. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology
(pp. 63-73). New York: Oxford University Press.
Lopez, S.J. & Snyder, C.R. (2003). Positive psychology assessment: Handbook of models and
measures. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Additional readings
Aristotle. (2001). Nichomachean Ethics. In R. McKeon (Ed.), The basic works of Aristotle (pp.
928-1112). New York: The Modern Library.
Diener, E., & Emmons, R. A. (1985). The independence of positive and negative affect.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47,1105-1117.
Fowers, Blaine J. (2005). Virtue and psychology: Pursuing excellence in ordinary practices.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Huta, V., & Ryan, R. M. (2010). Pursuing pleasure or virtue: The differential and overlapping
well-being benefits of hedonic and eudaimonic motives. Journal of Happiness Studies,
11, 735-762.
Jones, A., & Crandall, R. (1966). Validation of a short index of self-actualization. Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin, 12, 63-73.
Jung, C. G. (1933). Modern Man in Search of a Soul. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, & World.
Kahneman, D. (1999). Objective happiness. In D. Kahneman, E. Diener, and N. Schwartz (Eds.),
Well-being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology (pp. 3-25). New York: Russell
Sage.
Kahneman, D., Krueger, A. B., Schkade, D., Schwarz, N., & Stone, A. A. (2004). A survey
method for characterizing daily life experiences: The day reconstruction method. Science,
306, 1776-1780.
Keyes, C. L. M., Shmotkin, D., & Ryff, C. D. (2002). Optimizing well-being: The empirical
encounter of two traditions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 1007-
1022.
King. L. A., & Napa, C. K. (1998). What makes a good life. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 75, 156-165.
Maslow, A. H. (1970). Motivation and Personality, Second Edition. New York, NY: Harper &
Row.
McGregor, I., & Little, B. R. (1998). Personal projects, happiness, and meaning: On doing well
and being yourself. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 494-512.
McMahan, Ethan A., & Estes, David. (in press). Hedonic versus eudaimonic conceptions of
well-being: Evidence of differential associations with self-reported well-being.
Nave, C. S., Sherman, R. A., & Funder, D. C. (2008). Beyond self-report in the study of hedonic
and eudaimonic well-being: Correlations with acquaintance reports, clinician judgments
and directly. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 643-659.
Peterson, C., Park, N., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2005). Orientations to happiness and life
satisfaction: The full life versus the empty life. Journal of Happiness Studies, 6, 25-41.
Posner, Jonathan, Russeel, James A., & Peterson, Bradley S. (2005). The circumplex model of
affect: An integrative approach to affective neuroscience, cognitive development, and
psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 715–734.
Ryan, R. M., Huta, V., & Deci, E. L. (2008). Living well: A self-determination theory
perspective on eudaimonia. Journal of Happiness Studies, 9, 139-170.
Ryff, C. D. (1989). Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of
psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 1069-1081.
Ryff C. D, & Keyes, C. L. M. (1995). The structure of psychological well-being revisited.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 719–27.
Schwartz, B. & Sharpe, K. E. (2006). Practical wisdom: Aristotle meets positive psychology.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 377-395.
Schwarz, N. & Strack, F. (1999). Reports of subjective well-being: Judgment processes and their
methodological implications. In D. Kahneman, E. Diener, & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Well-
being: The foundations of hedonic psychology (p. 61-84). New York: Russell Sage
Foundation.
Steger, M. F., Kashdan, T. B, & Oishi, S. (2008). Being good by doing good: Daily eudaimonic
activity and well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 22-42.
Vittersø, J., Søholt, Y., Hetland, A., Thoresen, I. A., & Røysamb, E. (in press). Was Hercules
happy? Some answers from a functional model of human well-being. Social Indicators
Research.
Waterman, Alan S; Schwartz, Seth J; Zamboanga, Byron L; Ravert, Russell D; Williams,
Michelle K; Agocha, V. Bede; Kim, Su Yeong; Donnellan, M. Brent. (2010).
The Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-Being: Psychometric properties,
demographic comparisons, and evidence of validity. The Journal of Positive
Psychology. 5, 41-61.
Wirtz, D., Kruger, J., Napa Scollon, C., Diener, E. (2003). What to do on spring break? The
role of predicted, on-line, and remembered experience in future choice. Psychological
Science 14, 520-524.
Some areas of well-being research in greater detail
Meaning
Flow
Elevation
Self-determination theory
Vitality
Morgan, J., & Farsides, T. (2009). Measuring meaning in life. Journal of Happiness Studies,
10, 197-214.
Moneta, Giovanni B., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1996). The effect of perceived challenges and
skills on the quality of subjective experience. Journal of Personality, 64, 275-310.
Huta, Veronika, & Ryan, Richard M. (2010). Pursuing pleasure or virtue: The differential and
overlapping well-being benefits of hedonic and eudaimonic motives. Journal of
Happiness Studies, 11, 735-762.
Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic
motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55, 68-78.
Additional readings
Algoe, S. B. & Haidt, J. (2009). Witnessing excellence in action: The “other-praising” emotions
of elevation, gratitude, and admiration. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 105-127.
Antonovsky A. (1987). Unraveling the Mystery of Health. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Antonovsky A. (1993). The structure and properties of the Sense of Coherence scale. Social
Science and Medicine, 36, 725-733.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. New York: Harper
Collins.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1993). The evolving self: A psychology for the third millennium. New
York: Harper Collins.
Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). The 'what' and 'why' of goal pursuits: Human needs and the
self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 11, 227-268.
Feldman, D. B. & Snyder, C. R. (2005). Hope and the meaningful life: Theoretical and empirical
associations between goal-directed thinking and life meaning. Journal of Social &
Clinical Psychology, 24, 401-421.
Frankl, V. E. (1963). Man’s search for meaning: An introduction to logotherapy. New York:
Washington Square Press.
Haidt, J. (2000). The positive emotion of elevation. Prevention and Treatment, 3.
Haidt, J. (2003). Elevation and the positive psychology of morality. In C. L. M. Keyes & J. Haidt
(Eds.) Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived, Washington DC :
American Psychological Association. (pp. 275-289).
Heine, S. J., Proulx, T., & Vohs, K. D. (2006). Meaning maintenance model: On the coherence
of human motivations. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10, 88-110.
Keltner, D. & Haidt, J. (2003). Approaching awe: A moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion.
Cognition and Emotion, 17, 297-314.
Nakamura, J. & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2009). Flow theory and research. In S. Lopez and C. R.
Snyder (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 195-206).
Reker, G. T. (2000). Theoretical perspectives, dimensions and measurement of existential
meaning. In G. T. Reker & K. Chamberlain (Eds.), Exploring existential meaning:
Optimising human development across the life span. USA: Sage.
Reker, G. T., & Fry, P. S. (2003). Factor structure and invariance of personal meaning measures
in cohorts of younger and older adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 977–
993.
Ryan R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2006). Self-regulation and the problem of human autonomy: Does
psychology need choice, self-determination, and will? Journal of Personality, 74, 1557-
1585.
Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2008). From ego depletion to vitality: Theory and findings
concerning the facilitation of energy available to the self. Social and Personality
Psychology Compass, 2, 702-717.
Ryan, R. M., & Frederick, C. (1997). On energy, personality, and health: Subjective vitality as a
dynamic reflection of well-being. Journal of Personality, 65, 529- 565.
Steger, M. F., Frazier, P., Oishi, S., & Kaler, M. (2006). The Meaning in Life
Questionnaire: Assessing the presence of and search for meaning in life. Journal
of Counseling Psychology, 53, 80-93.
Thayer, Robert E. (1978). Toward a psychological theory of multidimensional activation
(arousal). Motivation and Emotion, 2, 1-34.
Thrash, T. M. & Elliot, A. J. (2003). Inspiration as a psychological construct. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 871-889.
Wong, Paul T. (1989). Personal meaning and successful aging. Canadian Psychology/
Psychologie canadienne, 30, 516-525.
The benefits of well-being, biological correlates of PP topics
Lyubomirsky, S., King, L. A., & Diener, E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect:
Does happiness lead to success? Psychological Bulletin, 131, 803-855.
Additional readings
Ashby, F. G., Isen, A. M., & Turken, A. U. (1999). A neuropsychological theory of positive
affect and its influence on cognition. Psychological Review, 106(3), 529-550.
For those interested in the proposed neurological underpinnings of positive emotions
Bartz, J. A., Zaki, J., Bolger, N., Hollander, E., Ludwig, N. N., Kolevzon, A., & Ochsner, K. N.
(in press). Oxytocin selectively improves empathic accuracy. Psychological Science.
Burns, A. B., Brown, J. S., Sachs-Ericsson, N., Plant, E. A., Curtis, J. T., Fredrickson, B. L., &
Joiner, T. E. Upward spirals of positive emotion and coping: Replication, extension, and
initial exploration of neurochemical substrates. Personality and Individual Differences,
44, 360-370.
Cohn, M.A. & Fredrickson, B.L. (2009). Positive emotions. In S.Lopez and C.R. Snyder (Eds.),
The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 13-24).
Danner, D. D., Snowdon, D. A., & Friesen, W. V. (2001). Positive emotions in early life and
longevity: Findings from the nun study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
80, 804-813. The famous nun study that links positive emotions to longevity
Davidson et al. (2003). Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness
meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 564-570.
Fredrickson, B.L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-
and build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56, 218-226.
Fredrickson, B. L. & Losada, M. (2005). Positive affect and the complex dynamics of human
flourishing. American Psychologist, 60, 678-686.
Fredrickson, B. L., Mancuso, R. A., Branigan, C., Tugade, M. (2000). The undoing effect of
positive emotions. Motivation and Emotion, 24, 237-258.
Friedman, E. M., Hayney, M., Love, G. D., Singer, B. H., & Ryff, C. D. (2007). Plasma
interleukin-6 and soluble IL-6 receptors are associated with psychological well-being in
aging women. Health Psychology, 26, 305-313.
Harker, L. A., & Keltner, D. (2001). Expressions of positive emotion in women's college
yearbook pictures and their relationship to personality and life outcomes across
adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 112-124.
The famous yearbook picture study that links genuine smiles to later marital satisfaction
Holzelab, B. K., Carmodyc, J., Vangela, M., Congletona, C., Yerramsettia, S. M., Gardab, T., &
Lazara, S. W. (2011). Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray
matter density. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191, 36-43.
Kahneman, D., Fredrickson, B.L., Schreiber, C.A., & Redelmeier, D.A. (1993). When more pain
is preferred to less: Adding a better end. Psychological Science, 4, 401-405.
Lutz, A., Greischar, L. L., Rawlings, N. B., Ricard, M., & Davidson, R. J. (2004). Long-term
meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during practice. Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences, 101, 16369-16373.
Oishi, S., Diener, E., & Lucas, R. E. (2007). The optimal level of well-being: Can we be too
happy? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2, 346-
Ryff, C. D., Love, Gayle, D., Urry, H. L., Muller, D., Rosenkranz, M. A., Friedman, E. M.,
Davidson, R. J., & Singer, B. (2006). Psychological Well-Being and ill-being: Do they
have distinct or mirrored biological correlates? Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 75,
85-95.
Salovey, Peter, Rothman, Alexander J., Detweiler, Jerusha B., & Steward, Wayne T. (2000).
Emotional states and physical health. American Psychologist, 55, 110-121.
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involves the affective but not sensory components of pain. Science, 303, 1157-1162.
Tsenkova, V., Love, G.D., Singer, B.H., & Ryff, C. D. (2007). Socioeconomic status and
psychological well-being predict cross-time change in glycosylated hemoglobin in older
women without diabetes. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 777-784.
Urry, H. L., Nitschke, J. B., Dolski, I., Jackson, D. C., Dalton, K. M., Mueller, C. J., Rosenkranz,
M, A., Ryff, C. D., Singer, B. H., & Davidson, R. J. (2004). Making a life worth living:
Neural correlates of well-being. Psychological Science, 15, 367-372.
Wood, A. M., & Joseph, S. (2010). The absence of positive psychological (eudemonic) well-
being as a risk factor for depression: A ten year cohort study. Journal of Affective
Disorders, 122, 213-217.
Predictors of well-being
Diener, Ed, Suh, Eunkook M., Lucas, Richard E., & Smith, Heidi L. (1999). Subjective well-
being: Three decades of progress. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 276-302.
Lyubomirsky, S., Sheldon, K. M., & Schkade, D. (2005). Pursuing happiness: The architecture
of sustainable change. Review of General Psychology, 9, 111-131.
Additional readings
Biswas-Diener, R., & Diener, E. (2006). The subjective well-being of the homeless, and
lessons for happiness. Social Indicators Research, 76, 185- 205.
Biswas-Diener, R., Vitterso, J., & Diener, E. (2010). The Danish effect: Beginning to explore
high well-being in Denmark. Social Indicators Research, 97, 229-246.
Blanchflower, D. G., & Oswald, A. J. (2008). Is well-being U-shaped over the life cycle? Social
Science & Medicine, 66, 1733-1749.
Brickman, P., Coates, T., & Janoff-Bulman, R. (1978). Lottery winners and accident victims: Is
happiness relative? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 917-927.
Buss, D.M. (2000). The evolution of happiness. American Psychologist, 55, 15-23.
Carstensen, L.L., Isaacowitz, D. & Charles, S.T. (1999). Taking time seriously: A theory of
socioemotional selectivity. American Psychologist, 54, 165-181.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1999). If we are so rich, why aren't we happy? American Psychologist, 54,
821-827.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). The costs and benefits of consuming. Journal of Consumer
Research, 27, 267-272.
Diener E, & Lucas, R. E. (2000). Explaining differences in societal levels of happiness: relative
standards, need fulfillment, culture, and evaluation theory. Journal of Happiness Studies,
1, 41–78.
Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., & Scollon, C.N. (2006). Beyond the hedonic treadmill: Revising the
adaptation theory of well-being. American Psychologist, 61, 305-314.
Diener, E., Ng, W., Harter, J., & Arora, R. (2010). Wealth and happiness across the world:
Material prosperity predicts life evaluation, whereas psychosocial prosperity predicts
positive feeling. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 52-61.
Diener, E., & Tov, W. (2009). Well-being on planet earth. Psychological Topics, 18, 213-219.
Doherty, A. M., & Kelly, B. K. (2010). Social and psychological correlates of happiness in 17
European countries. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 27, 130-134.
Easterlin, R. A., McVey, L. A., Switek, M., Sawangfa, O., & Zweig, J. S. (in press). The
happiness- income paradox revisited. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Graham, C, Chattopadhyay, S. & Picon, M. (2010). Adapting to adversity: happiness and the
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Howell, R. T., & Hill, G. (2009). The mediators of experiential purchases: Determining the
impact of psychological needs satisfaction and social comparison. Journal of Positive
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Iyengar, S. S., Wells, R. E., & Schwartz, B. (2006). Doing better but feeling worse: Looking for
the “best” job undermines satisfaction. Psychological Science, 17, 143-150.
Kahneman, D., & Deaton, A. (in press). High income improves evaluation of life but not
emotional well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Kaplan, S. (1995). The restorative benefits of nature: Toward an integrative framework. Journal
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Kasser, T., & Ryan, R. M. (1993). A dark side of the American dream: Correlates of financial
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Kasser, T., & Ryan, R. M. (1996). Further examining the American dream: Differential
correlates of intrinsic and extrinsic goals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22,
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Killingsworth, M. A., & Gilbert, D. T. (2010). A wandering mind is an unhappy mind. Science,
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Lucas, R. E., Clark, A. E., Georgellis, Y., & Diener, E (2006). Unemployment alters the set-
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Lyubomirsky, S. (2001). Why are some people happier than others? The role of cognitive and
motivational processes in well-being. American Psychologist, 56, 239-249.
Mogilner, C. (2010). The pursuit of happiness: Time, money, and social connection.
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Morrison, M., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (in press). Subjective well-Being and national satisfaction
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Myers, David G. (2000). The funds, friends, and faith of happy people. American Psychologist,
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Okulicz-Kozaryn, A. (2010). Religiosity and life satisfaction across nations. Mental Health,
Religion & Culture, 13, 155-169.
Quoidbach, J., Dunn, E. W., Petrides, K. V., & Mikolajczak, M. (2010). Money giveth, money
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Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006). Achieving sustainable gains in happiness: Change
your actions, not your circumstances. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 55-86. Winner of
the "Best Paper of the Year Award," JOHS, 2006.
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of health promotion. American Psychologist, 47, 6-22.
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Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 1193-1202.
Wilson, T. D. & Gilbert, D. T. (2005). Affective forecasting: Knowing what to want. Current
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Wirtz, D., Kruger, J., Scollon, C. N., & Diener, E. (2003). What to do on spring break? The role
of predicted, on-line, and remembered experience in future choice. Psychological
Science, 14, 520-524.
Well-being in different groups
Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Lucas, R. E. (2003). Personality, culture, and subjective well-being:
Emotional and cognitive evaluations of life. Annual Review of Psychology, 54, 403-425.
Additional readings
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Press.
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their parents: Parenting styles, verbally endorsed values, and role modeling. Journal of
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Oishi, S. & Schimmack, U. (2010). Culture and well-being: A new inquiry into the
psychological wealth of nations. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 463-471.
Oishi, Shigehiro, Diener, Ed, Choi, D., Kim-Prieto, C., & Choi, I. (2007). The dynamics of daily
events and well-being across cultures: When less is more. Journal of Personality and
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academic consequences of parental conditional regard: Comparing conditional positive
regard, conditional negative regard, and autonomy support as parenting practices.
Developmental Psychology, 45, 1119–1142.
Schimmack, U., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2002). Cultural influences on the relation between
pleasant emotions and unpleasant emotions: Asian dialectic philosophies or
individualism-collectivism? Cognition & Emotion, 16, 705-719.
Seligman, M. E. P., Randal, M. E., Gillham, J., Reivich, K., & Linkins, M. (2009). Positive
education: Positive psychology and classroom interventions. Oxford Review of
Education, 35, 293-311.
Winner, Ellen. (2000). The origins and ends of giftedness. American Psychologist, 55, 159-169.
Character strengths
Peterson, C. & Seligman, M.E.P. (2004). Introduction to a "manual of the sanities." In C.
Peterson and M.E.P. Seligman, Character Strengths and Virtues (pp. 3-32). New York:
Oxford University Press.
Additional readings
Akinola, M., & Mendes, W. B. (2008). The dark side of creativity: Biological vulnerability and
negative emotions lead to greater artistic creativity. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 34, 1677-1686.
Baltes, P. B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2000). Wisdom: A metaheuristic (pragmatic) to orchestrate
mind and virtue toward excellence. American Psychologist, 55, 122-136.
Baskin, T. W., & Enright, R. D. (2004). Intervention studies on forgiveness: A meta-analysis.
Journal of Counseling and Development, 82, 79-90.
Brdar, I., & Kashdan, T. B. (2010). Character strengths and well-being in Croatia: An empirical
investigation of structure and correlates. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 151-154.
Carson, S. H., Peterson, J. B., & Higgins, D. M. (2003). Decreased latent inhibition is associated
with increased creative achievement in high-functioning individuals. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 499-506.
Carver, C.S., Scheier, M.F., & Segerstrom, S.C. (2010). Optimism. Clinical Psychology Review,
30, 879-889.
Chang, E. C. (2001). Optimism and pessimism: Implications for theory, research, and practice.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
De Dreu, C., K, W, Baas, M., & Nijstad, B. A. (2008). Hedonic tone and activation level in the
mood-creativity link: Toward a dual pathway to creativity model. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology, 94, 739 – 756.
Emmons, R. A. (2007). Thanks! How the new science of gratitude can make you happier.
Houghton-Mifflin.
Emmons, R. A. (2008). Gratitude, subjective well-being, and the brain. In M. Eid & R. J. Larsen
(Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp. 469-489). New York: Guilford Press.
Emmons, R. A., & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: An
experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 377-389.
Haidt, J. (2006). Divinity with or without God. In J. Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding
Modern truth in Ancient Wisdom (pp. 181-211). New York: Basic Books.
Haidt, J., & Kesebir, S. (2010). Morality. In S. Fiske, D. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook
of Social Psychology (5th Ed.) (pp. 797-832). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Hennessey, B. A., & Amabile, T. M. (2010). Creativity. Annual Review of Psychology, 61, 569–
598.
Isen, A. M., Daubman, K. A., & Nowicki, G. P. (1987). Positive affect facilitates creative
problem solving. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 1122-1131.
Kaufmann, G. (2003). Expanding the mood–creativity equation. Creativity Research Journal, 15,
131-135.
McCullough, M. E., Emmons, R. A., & Tsang, J. (2002). The grateful disposition: A conceptual
and empirical topography. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 112-127.
McCullough, M.E., Kilpatrick, S., Emmons, R.A., & Larson, D. (2001). Is gratitude a moral
affect? Psychological Bulletin, 127, 249-266.
McCullough, M. E., Pargament, K. I., & Thoresen, C. E. (Eds.). (2000). Forgiveness: Theory,
research, and practice. New York: Guilford Press.
Nadler, R. T., Rabi, R., & Minda, J. P. (2010). Better mood and better performance: Learning
rule-described categories is enhanced by positive mood. Psychological Science, 21, 1770-
1776.
Otake, K., Shimai, S., & Tanaka-Matsumi, J. (2006). Happy people become happier through
kindness: A counting kindnesses intervention. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 361-375.
Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2006). Moral competence and character strengths among adolescents:
The development and validation of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for
Youth. Journal of Adolescence, 29, 891-909.
Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2006). Character strengths and happiness among young children:
Content analysis of parental description. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 323-341.
Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2010). Does it matter where we live?: The urban psychology of
character strengths. American Psychologist, 65, 535-547.
Park, N., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Strengths of character and wellbeing.
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23, 603-619.
Park, N., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2006). Greater strengths of character and recovery
from illness. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 17-26.
Peterson, C. (2000). The future of optimism. American Psychologist, 55, 44–55.
Peterson, C. & Park, N. (2009). Classifying and measuring strengths of character. In S.Lopez and
C.R. Snyder (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 25-34). New
York: Oxford University Press.
Peterson, C., Park, N., Pole, N., D’Andrea, W., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2008). Strengths of
character and posttraumatic growth. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 21, 214-217.
Peterson, C., Park, N., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2006). Character strengths in fifty-four nations and
the fifty US states. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 118-129.
Peterson, C., Ruch, W., Beerman, U., Park, N., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2007). Strengths of
character, orientations to happiness, and life satisfaction. Journal of Positive Psychology,
2, 149-156.
Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and
classification. New York: Oxford University Press.
Polak. E. L., & McCullough, M. E. (2006). Is gratitude an alternative to materialism? Journal of
Happiness Studies, 7, 343-360.
Rath, T. (2007). StrengthsFinder 2.0. New York: Gallup Press. Or any of the earlier books, such
as Clifton, D.O. & Anderson, E.C. (2001-02) StrengthsQuest, Washington: The Gallup
Organization.
Segerstrom, S. C. (2005). Optimism and immunity: Do positive thoughts always lead to positive
effects? Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 19, 195-200.
Seligman, M.E.P., Steen, T.A., Park, N. & Peterson, C. (2005). Positive psychology progress:
Empirical validation of interventions. American Psychologist, 60, 410-421.
Seligman, M.E.P., Reivich, K., Jaycox, L., & Gillham, J. (1995). The Optimistic Child. New
York: Houghton Mifflin.
Silvia, P. J., & Kashdan, T. B. (2009). Interesting things and curious people: Exploration and
engagement as transient states and enduring strengths. Social Psychology and Personality
Compass, 3, 785-797.
Simonton, Dean Keith. (2000). Creativity: Cognitive, personal, developmental, and social
aspects. American Psychologist, 55, 151-158.
Sternberg, R.J. (2006). The nature of creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 18, 87-98.
van Dierendonck, D., & Mohan, K. (2006). Some thoughts on spirituality and eudaimonic well-
being. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 9, 227-238.
Alternative lists of psychological strengths can be found at:
www.thinked.com.au/strengthslist.htm
A web page with references on forgiveness in therapy, counselling, medicine, and other clinical
contexts is at http://bit.ly/KenPopeForgiveness
Relationships and positive institutions
Bernstein, S. D. (2003). Positive Organizational Scholarship: Meet the movement: An interview
with Kim Cameron, Jane Dutton, and Robert Quinn. Journal of Management Inquiry,
12, 266-271.
Forgeard, M. J. C., Jayawickreme, E., Kern, M. L., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Doing the right
thing: Measuring wellbeing for public policy. International Journal of Wellbeing, 1, 79-
106.
Additional readings
Bain, K. (2004). What the Best College Teachers Do. Harvard University Press.
Baumeister, R.F., & Leary, M.R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal
attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117, 497-529.
Cacioppo, J. T., & Patrick, W. (2008). Loneliness: Human nature and the need for social
connection. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Co.
Cameron, K., Dutton, J., & Quinn, R. E. (Eds.) (2003). Positive Organizational Scholarship. San
Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Cooperrider, D. L., Sorenson, P., Whitney, D., & Yeager, T. (Eds.). (2001). Appreciative
inquiry: An emerging direction for organization development. Champaign, IL: Stipes.
Diener, Ed. (2000). Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and a proposal for a national
index. American Psychologist, 55, 34-43.
Diener, E., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2002). Very happy people. Psychological Science, 13, 81-84.
shows the importance of social relations for happiness
Dolan, P. & White, M.P. (2007). How can measures of subjective well-being be used to inform
public policy? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2, 71-85.
Fowler, J. H., & Christakis, N. A. (2010). Cooperative behavior cascades in human social
networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 5334-5338.
Gable, S.L., Reis, H.T., Impett, E.A., & Asher, E.R. (2004). What do you do when things go
right? The intrapersonal and interpersonal benefits of sharing positive events. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 228-245.
Harter, J. K., Schmidt, F. L., Hayes, T. L. (2002). Business-unit-level relationship between
employee satisfaction, employee engagement, and business outcomes: A meta-analysis.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 268-79.
Hodges, T.D. & Clifton, D.O. (2004). Strengths-based development in practice. In P.A. Linley &
S. Joseph (Eds.), Positive psychology: Research and practice (pp. 256-268). New York:
Wiley.
Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., & Layton J. B. (2010). Social relationships and mortality risk: A
meta-analytic review. PloS Medicine, 7, e1000316.
House, J. S., Landis, K. R., & Umberson, D. (1988). Social relationships and health. Science,
241, 540-545.
Luthans, F. (2002) The need for and meaning of positive organizational behavior. Journal of
Organizational Behavior, 23, 695-706.
Luthans, F. & Youssef, C. (2004). Human, social, and now positive psychological capital
management: Investing in people for competitive advantage. Organizational Dynamics,
33, 143-160.
Nakamura, Jeanne, Shernoff, D. J., & Hooker, C. H. (2009). Good mentoring: Fostering
excellent practice in higher education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Reis, H. T., & Gable, S. L. (2003). Toward a positive psychology of relationships. In C. L. M.
Keyes & J. Haidt (Eds.), Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived (pp.
129-159). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association
Wright, T.A. (2003). Positive organizational behavior: An idea whose time has truly come.
Journal of Organizational Behavior, 24, 437-442.
Wrzesniewski, A., McCauley, C., Rozin, P., & Schwartz, B (1997). Jobs, careers, and callings:
People’s relations to their work. Journal of Research in Personality, 31, 21-33.
See also the online syllabi of POS expert Jane Dutton at
http://www.bus.umich.edu/Positive/PDF/Syllabus- Dutton_MO501.pdf and
http://www.bus.umich.edu/Positive/POS-teaching-and-learning/pos+hf_syllabus.doc
Resilience, posttraumatic growth, positive interventions, and savouring
Brown, K. W., Ryan, R. M., & Creswell, J. D. (2007). Mindfulness: Theoretical foundations and
evidence for its salutary effects. Psychological Inquiry, 18, 211-237.
Teasdale, J. D., Segal, Z. V., Williams, J. M. G., Ridgeway, V., Soulsby, J., & Lau, M. (2000).
Prevention of relapse/recurrence in major depression by mindfulness-based cognitive
therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 615–623.
Hayes, Steven. C., Luoma, J., Bond, F., Masuda, A., & Lillis, J. (2006). Acceptance and
Commitment Therapy: Model, processes, and outcomes. Behaviour Research and
Therapy, 44, 1-25.
Sin, N. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive
symptoms with positive psychology interventions: A practice-friendly meta-analysis.
Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 65, 467-487.
Tedeschi, R.G., & Calhoun, L.G. (2005). Posttraumatic growth: Conceptual foundations and
empirical evidence. Psychological Inquiry, 15, 1-18.
Additional readings
Mindfulness and Meditation
Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Tonry, L. (2006). Using self-report
assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness. Assessment, 13, 27-45.
Bishop et al., (2004). Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. Clinical Psychology:
Science and Practice, 11, 230-241.
Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The benefits of being present: Mindfulness
and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
84, 822-848.
Cohn, M. A., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2010). In search of durable positive psychology
interventions: Predictors and consequences of long-term positive behavior change.
The Journal of Positive Psychology, 5, 355-366.
this paper is on loving kindness meditation
Davidson, R., Kabat-Zinn, J., Schumacher, J., Rosenkranz, M., Muller, D., Santorelli, S. F.,
Urbanowski, F., Harrington, A., Bonus, K., & Sheridan, J. F. (2003). Alterations in brain
and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65,
564-570.
Garland, E. L., Fredrickson, B., Kring, A. M., Johnson, D. P., Meyer, P. S., & Penn, D. L.
(2010). Upward spirals of positive emotions counter downward spirals of negativity:
Insights from the broaden-and-build theory and affective neuroscience on the treatment
of emotion dysfunctions and deficits in psychopathology. Clinical Psychology Review,
30, 849-864.
argue for mindfulness meditation & loving-kindness meditation in clinical practice
Grossman, P., Kappos, L., Gensicke, H., D'Souza, M., Mohr, D. C., Penner, I. K., & Steiner, C.
(2010). MS quality of life, depression, and fatigue improve after mindfulness training: A
randomized trial. Neurology, 75, 1141-1149.
Hölzel, B. K., Carmody, J., Vangel, M., Congleton, C., Yerramsetti, S. M., Gard, T., & Lazar, S.
W. (2011). Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density.
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191, 36-42.
Johnson, D. P., Penn, D. L., Fredrickson, B. L., Meyer, P. S., Kring, A. M., & Brantley, M.
(2009). Loving-kindness meditation to enhance recovery from negative symptoms of
schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65, 499-509.
Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990). Wherever you go there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life.
New York: Hyperion.
Miller, J. J., Fletcher, K., & Kabat-Zinn, J. (1995). Three-year follow-up and clinical
implications of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction intervention in the
treatment of anxiety disorders. General Hospital Psychiatry, 17, 192-200.
Mitmansgruber, H., Beck, T. N., & Schüßler, G. (2008). "Mindful helpers": Experiential
avoidance, meta-emotions, and emotion regulation in paramedics. Journal of Research in
Personality, 42, 1358-1363. shows that mindfulness is sometimes detrimental
Tang Y. Y., Lu, Q., Geng, X., Stein, E. A., Yang, Y., & Posner, M.I. (2010). Short-term
meditation induces white matter changes in the anterior cingulate. PNAS, 107, 15649-
15652.
this paper is on breathing-based meditation
Teasdale, J. D., Segal, Z. V., & Williams, J. M. G. (1995). How does cognitive therapy prevent
relapse and why should attentional control (mindfulness) training help? Behaviour
Research and Therapy, 33, 225–39.
Van Dam, N. T., Sheppard S. C., Forsyth J. P., & Earleywine, M. (2011). Self-compassion is a
better predictor than mindfulness of symptom severity and quality of life in mixed
anxiety and depression. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 123-30.
Segal, Z., Williams, M., & Teasdale, J. (2002). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for
depression: A new approach to preventing relapse. New York: Guilford Press.
Segal, Z., Bieling, P., Young, T., MacQueen, G., Cooke, R. Martin, L., Bloch, R., & Levitan, R.
D. (2010). Antidepressant monotherapy vs. sequential pharmacotherapy and mindfulness-
based cognitive therapy, or placebo, for relapse prophylaxis in recurrent depression.
Archives of General Psychiatry, 67, 1256-1264.
Shapiro, S.L. (2009). Meditation and positive psychology. In S. Lopez and C. R. Snyder (Eds.),
The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 601-610).
Some other resources:
http://www.dharmaseed.org/retreats/1134/
http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22
http://www.contemplativemind.org/resources/audio.html the ones by Zajonc
Meaning-centered Therapy
Wong, P. T. P. (in press) From Logotherapy to meaning-centered counseling and therapy. In P.
T. P. Wong (Ed.), The human quest for meaning: A handbook of psychological research
and clinical applications (personality & clinical psychology), Second edition. New York:
Routledge.
I have a copy of the chapter if you should be interested
Wong, Paul T. P. (2010). Meaning therapy: An integrative and positive existential
psychotherapy. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 40, 85-93.
Michael Fordyce’s happiness intervention
Fordyce, M. W. (1977). Development of a program to increase personal happiness. Journal of
Counseling Psychology. 24, 511-521.
Fordyce, M. W. (1983). A program to increase happiness: Further studies. Journal of Counseling
Psychology, 30, 483-498.
You can learn about his work on his website http://www.gethappy.net/
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Ciarrochi, J., & Bailey, A. (2008). A CBT practitioner’s guide to ACT: How to bridge the gap
between Cognitive behavioural therapy and Acceptance Commitment Therapy. Oakland
CA: New Harbinger Publications.
Harris, R. (2009). ACT made Simple: An easy-to-read primer on Acceptance Commitment
Therapy. Oakland CA: New Harbinger Publications.
Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (1999). Acceptance and commitment therapy: An
experiential approach to behavior change. New York: Guilford.
Zettle, R. D. (in press). Acceptance and commitment theory of depression. In P. L. Fisher & A.
Wells (Eds.), Treating depression: Principles and practice of CBT, MCT, and third wave
therapies. Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley.
The main ACT website: www.contextualpsychology.org
Wraparound services
Osher, D., Kendziora, K. T., VanDenBerg, J., & Dennis, K. (1999). Growing
resilience: Creating opportunities for resilience to thrive. Reaching Today's Youth, 3, 38-
45.
VanDenBerg, J. E., & Grealish, E. M. (1996). Individualized services and supports through the
wraparound process: Philosophy and procedures. Journal of Child and Family Studies,
5, 7-22.
Here are also some website to learn more about it:
http://cecp.air.org/wraparound/famstren.html
http://www.vroonvdb.com/whoweare.html.
http://cecp.air.org/resources/journals/RTY/resilience.asp
Sustainable increases in happiness
Lyubomirsky, S., Sheldon, K. M., & Schkade, D. (2005). Pursuing happiness: The architecture
of sustainable change. Review of General Psychology, 9, 111-131.
Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2007). Is it possible to become happier? (And if so,
how?). Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 1, 129–145.
The relevance of Fredrickson’s work
Fredrickson, B. L. (1998). What good are positive emotions? Review of General Psychology, 2,
300-319.
Fredrickson, B. L., Tugade, M. M., Waugh, C. E., & Larkin, G. R. (2003). What good are
positive emotions in crises?: A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the
terrorist attacks on the United States in September 11, 2001. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 84, 365-376.
Tugade, M. M., Fredrickson, B. L. (2004). Resilient individuals use positive emotions to bounce
back from negative emotional experiences. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology,
86, 320-333.
Padesky’s resilience-building intervention
Epstein, Seymour. (1998). Constructive thinking: The key to emotional intelligence. Westport,
CT: Praeger Publishing.
Mooney, Kathleen A., & Padesky, Christine. A. (2000). Applying client creativity to recurrent
problems: Constructing possibilities and tolerating doubt. Journal of Cognitive
Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, 14, 149-161.
Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching
Abedi, M. R. and Vostanis, P. (2010). Evaluation of Quality of Life Therapy for parents of
children with obsessive-compulsive disorders in Iran. European Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, 19, 605-613.
Frisch, M. B. (2007). Quality of life therapy: Applying a life satisfaction approach to positive
psychology and cognitive therapy. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Frisch, M. B. (1992). Use of the Quality of Life Inventory in problem assessment and treatment
planning for cognitive therapy of depression. In A. Freeman & F.M. Dattilio (Eds.),
Comprehensive Casebook of Cognitive Therapy (pp. 27-52). New York: Plenum.
Frisch, M. B., Cornell, J., Villanueva, M., & Retzlaff, P. J. (1992). Clinical validation of the
Quality of Life Inventory: A measure of life satisfaction for use in treatment planning and
outcome assessment. Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 4, 92-101.
Rodrigue, J. R., Baz, M. A., Widows, M. R., & Ehlers, S. L. (2005). A Randomized Evaluation
of Quality of Life Therapy with Patients Awaiting Lung Transplantation. American
Journal of Transplantation, 5, 2425-2432.
Rodrigue, J. R., Mandelbrot, D. A., & Pavlakis, M. (2010). A psychological intervention to
improve quality of life and reduce psychological distress in adults awaiting kidney
transplantation. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.
Rodrigue, J. R., Widows, M. R., & Baz, M. A. (2006). Caregivers of patients awaiting lung
transplantation: Do they benefit when the patient is receiving psychological services?
Progress in Transplantation, 16, 336-342.
See also http://bearspace.baylor.edu/Michael_B_Frisch/www/
http://www.mentorcoach.com/courses/frisch.htm
Alex Wood on integrating promotion of the positive with removal of the negative
Joseph, S., & Wood, A. (2010). Assessment of positive functioning in clinical psychology:
Theoretical and practical issues. Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 830-838.
Wood, Alex M., & Tarrier, N. (2010). Positive Clinical Psychology: A new vision and strategy
for integrated research and practice, Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 819-829.
Alex Wood’s website provides a nice summary of his work and links to all his papers:
http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/alex.wood/alex_wood.html
Seligman: Prevention; Positive Psychotherapy (PPT)
Duckworth, A.L., Steen, T.A., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2005). Positive psychology in clinical
practice. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 1, 629-651.
Seligman, M.E.P., Rashid, T., & Parks, A.C. (2006). Positive psychotherapy. American
Psychologist, 61, 774-788.
Seligman, M.E.P., Schulman, P., DeRubeis, R.J., & Hollon, S.D. (1999). The prevention of
depression and anxiety. Prevention and Treatment, 2.
can get from http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu/apexsum.htm
Seligman, M.E.P., Schulman, P. & Tryon, A. (2007). Group prevention of depression and
anxiety symptoms. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1111-1126
can get from http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu/apexsum.htm
Seligman, M.E.P., Steen, T.A., Park, N. & Peterson, C. (2005). Positive psychology progress:
Empirical validation of interventions. American Psychologist, 60(5), 410-421.
Well-being Therapy (WBT)
Fava, G. A., & Tomba, E. (2009). Increasing psychological well-being and resilience by
psychotherapeutic methods. Journal of Personality, 77, 1903-1934.
I have not included their other articles because this one is a good review paper
Coaching
Biswas-Diener, Robert. (2009). Personal coaching as a positive intervention. Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 65, 544-553.
Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). Practicing positive psychology coaching: Assessment, activities
and strategies for success. Wiley.
Diener, R., & Dean, B. (2007). Positive psychology coaching: Putting the science of happiness to
work for your clients. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Grant, A. M. (2003). The impact of life coaching on goal attainment, metacognition and mental
health. Social Behavior & Personality, 31, 253-264.
Grant, A. M., Curtayne, L., & Burton, G. (2009). Executive coaching enhances goal attainment,
resilience and workplace well-being: A randomised controlled study. Journal of Positive
Psychology, 4, 396-407.
Grant, A. M., Green, L.S., & Rynsaardt, J. (in press). Developmental coaching for high school
teachers: Executive coaching goes to school. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice
and Research.
Green, L. S., Grant, A. M., & Rynsaardt, J. (2007). Evidence-based life coaching for senior high
school students: Building hardiness and hope. International Coaching Psychology
Review, 2, 24-32.
Green, L. S., Oades, L. G., & Grant, A. M. (2006). Cognitive-behavioural, solution-focused life
coaching: Enhancing goal striving, well-being and hope. Journal of Positive Psychology,
1, 142-149.
Megginson, D. & Clutterbuck, D. (2005). Techniques for coaching & mentoring. Burlington,
MA: Butterworth Heinemann.
Orlick, T. (2008). In pursuit of excellence (4th ed.). Champaign, IL, US: Human Kinetics.
Peltier, B. (2001). The psychology of executive coaching. Hove: Brunner-Routledge.
Spence, Gordon B. (2007). GAS powered coaching: Goal Attainment Scaling and its use in
coaching research and practice. International Coaching Psychology Review, 2, 155-167.
Yu, N., Collins, C. G., Cavanagh, M., White, K., & Fairbrother, G. (2008). Positive coaching
with frontline managers: Enhancing their effectiveness and understanding why.
International Coaching Psychology Review, 3, 110-122.
Tony Grant’s website: http://www.mentorcoach.com/grant/
Overviews of positive interventions
Burns, G. E. (Ed.) (2010). Happiness, healing, enhancement: Your casebook collection for
applying positive psychology in therapy. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Joseph, S., & Linley, P. A. (2006). Positive therapy. New York: Routledge.
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